Elections and Satisfaction With Democracy - Citizens, Processes and Outcomes

Satisfaction with democracy is a vastly studied research topic. In this Element, the authors aim to make sense of this context by showing that elections (electoral processes and outcomes) influence citizens' satisfaction with democracy in different ways according to the quality of a democratic regime. To do so, they leverage the datasets from the Comparative Study on Electoral Systems (CSES) and uphold the belief that social scientists must take advantage of the increased availability of rich comparative datasets. The Element concludes that elections do not only have different impacts on citizens' satisfaction with democracy based on the quality of the democratic regime that they live in, but that the nature of the meaning attributed to electoral processes and outcomes varies between emergent and established democracies.

List of contents

1. Elections and satisfaction with democracy: introduction; 2. Electoral fairness, electoral monitoring and satisfaction with democracy; 3. Processes, outcomes, and quality of democracy; 4. Electoral outcomes, disputed legitimacy, and satisfaction with democracy; 5. Conclusion, implications and further research; References.

Summary

The Element shows that elections do not only have different impacts on citizens' satisfaction with democracy, but that the nature of the meaning attributed to electoral processes and outcomes varies between emergent and established democracies.

Foreword

This Element is a study of the relationships between the electoral process, outcomes, and citizens' satisfaction with democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Jean-François Daoust, Jean-Francois (Universite De Sherbrooke Ec Daoust, Richard Nadeau, Nadeau Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2023
• EAN: 9781009124287
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0912428-7
• No. of pages: 75
• Series: Elements in Campaigns and Elections
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political structures: democracy, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage