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Wahlbeteiligung gilt als wichtiger Gradmesser für das Funktionieren von Demokratien. Allerdings ist umstritten, ob eine niedrige Wahlbeteiligung auf Unzufriedenheit oder Zufriedenheit der Bürger schließen lässt. Das Niveau der Wahlbeteiligung allein lässt keine klaren Aussagen zu. Unstrittig ist hingegen die Beurteilung sich ändernder Wahlbeteiligung. Eine sinkende Wahlbeteiligung in einem sich ansonsten...
Political trust is an important indicator of political legitimacy. Hence, seemingly decreasing levels of political trust in Western democracies have stimulated a growing body of research on the causes and consequences of political trust. However, the neglect of potential measurement problems of political trust raises doubts about the findings of earlier studies. The current study revisits the measurement...
Previous research has shown that people in consensual democracies with a proportional electoral system are more satisfied with the functioning of democracy in their country than people in majoritarian democracies. We assess to what extent this relationship can be explained by people's perception of the accountability and representativeness of the political system in their country. Our findings show...
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