Publication: Citizens' evaluations of Democracy: a microscope with quality seal
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Gómez, Braulio ; Palacios Brihuega, Irene
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Oxford University Press
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Ferrín, Mónica
Kriesi, Hanspeter
Kriesi, Hanspeter
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https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198766902.003.0008
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Este trabajo realiza un análisis comparativo de cómo los ciudadanos analizan el funcionamiento de la democracia en 28 países en Europa. El estudio realiza tres aportaciones: 1) Se analizan qué elementos democráticos son mejor/peor valorados por los ciudadanos europeos en sus respectivos países; 2) Se evalúa en qué medida los ciudadanos son capaces de proporcionar evaluaciones significativas sobre el desempeño de la democracia; y 3) Se evalúa en qué medida las evaluaciones de la democracia realizadas por los ciudadanos son coherentes con las realizadas por los expertos. Los resultados muestran que los europeos tienden a expresar los niveles más altos de insatisfacción con el desempeño de los elementos que consideran más esenciales para la democracia, lo que proporciona una interpretación significativa de la supuesta crisis de legitimidad democrática que afecta actualmente a los países europeos. Además, como lo demuestra la fuerte correlación entre sus evaluaciones y las de los expertos, las evaluaciones públicas del desempeño democrático deberían tomarse seriamente en consideración, ya que reflejan de manera bastante fiel el funcionamiento “objetivo” de la democracia. -----------
The focus of this chapter is to provide an answer to the second central question of the book: how do Europeans evaluate their democratic systems? We undertake three types of descriptive analyses: (1) analyzing which democratic elements are rated best/worst by European citizens in their respective countries; (2) evaluating the extent to which they are able to provide meaningful evaluations about the performance of democracy; and (3) assessing to what extent citizens’ evaluations of democracy cohere with those given by experts. The results show that Europeans tend to express the highest levels of dissatisfaction with the performance of elements they regard as the most essential for democracy, which provides a meaningful interpretation of the supposed crisis of democratic legitimacy currently affecting European countries. Furthermore, as shown by the strong correlation between their evaluations and those of “objective” data, public assessments of democratic performance should be seriously taken into consideration.
The focus of this chapter is to provide an answer to the second central question of the book: how do Europeans evaluate their democratic systems? We undertake three types of descriptive analyses: (1) analyzing which democratic elements are rated best/worst by European citizens in their respective countries; (2) evaluating the extent to which they are able to provide meaningful evaluations about the performance of democracy; and (3) assessing to what extent citizens’ evaluations of democracy cohere with those given by experts. The results show that Europeans tend to express the highest levels of dissatisfaction with the performance of elements they regard as the most essential for democracy, which provides a meaningful interpretation of the supposed crisis of democratic legitimacy currently affecting European countries. Furthermore, as shown by the strong correlation between their evaluations and those of “objective” data, public assessments of democratic performance should be seriously taken into consideration.
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