Political legitimacy and satisfaction with democracy in Europe

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dc.abstract.enThis chapter focuses on the relationship between satisfaction with democracy and the general political legitimacy. Political legitimacy manifests itself in three ontologically different types, distinguished by cognitive, evaluative, and behavioral aspects. The chapter clarifies how these manifestations contribute to the general concept of political legitimacy. Subsequently, it moves on to investigate whether context matters. The context is operationalized as a variation in the quality of democracy assessed by expert judgments of the V-Dem project. The empirical results show that political legitimacy is positively associated with satisfaction with democracy, but to a different extent depending on the type of legitimacy. The clearest relationship is unveiled between trust in institutions as an indication of legitimacy and satisfaction with democracy. Numerous detailed analyses indicate that context matters; in particular, certain relationships between the two main concepts depend very much on whether they pertain to embedded or malfunctioning democracies.
dc.affiliationInstytut Nauk Społecznych
dc.affiliationWydział Nauk Społecznych w Warszawie
dc.contributor.authorKotnarowski, Michał
dc.contributor.authorMarkowski, Radosław
dc.contributor.editorFerrin, Monica
dc.contributor.editorHanspeter, Kriesi
dc.date.access2025-02
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-27T12:00:04Z
dc.date.available2025-06-27T12:00:04Z
dc.date.created2025
dc.date.issued2025-02
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>This chapter focuses on the relationship between satisfaction with democracy and the general political legitimacy. Political legitimacy manifests itself in three ontologically different types, distinguished by cognitive, evaluative, and behavioral aspects. The chapter clarifies how these manifestations contribute to the general concept of political legitimacy. Subsequently, it moves on to investigate whether context matters. The context is operationalized as a variation in the quality of democracy assessed by expert judgments of the V-Dem project. The empirical results show that political legitimacy is positively associated with satisfaction with democracy, but to a different extent depending on the type of legitimacy. The clearest relationship is unveiled between trust in institutions as an indication of legitimacy and satisfaction with democracy. Numerous detailed analyses indicate that context matters; in particular, certain relationships between the two main concepts depend very much on whether they pertain to embedded or malfunctioning democracies.</jats:p>
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dc.identifier.doi10.1093/oso/9780198883319.003.0012
dc.identifier.isbn9780198883319
dc.identifier.isbn9780191991646
dc.identifier.urihttps://share.swps.edu.pl/handle/swps/1554
dc.identifier.weblinkhttps://academic.oup.com/book/59840/chapter-abstract/511345842?redirectedFrom=fulltext#no-access-message
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationnauki o polityce i administracji
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.ministerialOxford University Press
dc.relation.bookHow Europeans view and evaluate democracy revisited: Ten years later
dc.relation.pages368
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dc.subject.ensatisfaction with democracy
dc.subject.enpolitical legitimacy
dc.subject.enembedded and defective democracies
dc.subject.enpolitical context
dc.subject.entypes of democrats
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dc.titlePolitical legitimacy and satisfaction with democracy in Europe
dc.title.journalHow Europeans View and Evaluate Democracy Revisited
dc.typeMonographyChapter
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