Elite Trust and the Populist Threat to Stable Democracy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3759547 |
|---|---|
| Autores | John Higley (University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 64 |
| Número | 9 |
| Páginas | 1211-1218 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | American Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002764220941215 |
| OpenAlex | W3042871949 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 7 |
One aspect of elite theory holds that democratic stability depends heavily on elites trusting each other to keep distributive issues from reaching acute degrees impelling power seizures. This presumes that agreement about the distribution of valued things is seldom deep or wide in large publics. When distributive issues rise to clear public consciousness, the tendency is toward civil strife. Populists assail and undermine elite trust and the management of politics by elites. They thereby weaken an important basis of democratic stability. I argue that the rise of populist leaders to power leads to an erosion of elite trust, which makes distributive issues more acute and threatens the stability of democratic institutions
Autocracy · Democracy · Distributive property · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics) · Sociology · Corruption and Economic Development · Law
| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 1 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |