Brendan Hartnett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122397 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brendan Hartnett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brendan |
| FAMILY NAME | Hartnett |
| SIGNATURE | HARTNETT B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tufts University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8018-3833 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond Performance: Why Leaders Still Matter
In their response to "Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding," Francis Fukuyama, Chris Dann, and Beatriz Magaloni defend the proposition that democracies' failure to deliver is a primary cause of democratic backsliding. Yet evidence that poor economic performance correlates with citizen dissatisfaction with democracy falls short as an explanation of backsliding. Democracy has persisted in some faltering economies while eroding in various strong …
Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding
One of the most common explanations of the ongoing wave of global democratic backsliding is that democracies are failing to deliver adequate socioeconomic goods to their citizens, leading voters to forsake democracy and embrace antidemocratic politicians who undermine democracy once elected. Yet a close look at twelve important cases of recent backsliding casts doubt on this thesis, finding that while it has some explanatory power in some cases, …
Unconditional Support for Trump’s Resistance Prior to Election Day
Using survey data collected less than two weeks before the 2020 presidential election, we investigated why likely Trump voters would support Trump resisting the election results if he lost. We first used an experiment with randomized hypothetical popular-vote margins to test whether support for resistance was contingent on the results of the election. We also directly asked respondents who stated that they would support resistance to explain thei…
Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding
One of the most common explanations of the ongoing wave of global democratic backsliding is that democracies are failing to deliver adequate socioeconomic goods to their citizens, leading voters to forsake democracy and embrace antidemocratic politicians who undermine democracy once elected. Yet a close look at twelve important cases of recent backsliding casts doubt on this thesis, finding that while it has some explanatory power in some cases, …
Unconditional Support for Trump’s Resistance Prior to Election Day
Using survey data collected less than two weeks before the 2020 presidential election, we investigated why likely Trump voters would support Trump resisting the election results if he lost. We first used an experiment with randomized hypothetical popular-vote margins to test whether support for resistance was contingent on the results of the election. We also directly asked respondents who stated that they would support resistance to explain thei…
Unconditional Support for Trump’s Resistance Prior to Election Day
Using survey data collected less than two weeks before the 2020 presidential election, we investigated why likely Trump voters would support Trump resisting the election results if he lost. We first used an experiment with randomized hypothetical popular-vote margins to test whether support for resistance was contingent on the results of the election. We also directly asked respondents who stated that they would support resistance to explain thei…
Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding
One of the most common explanations of the ongoing wave of global democratic backsliding is that democracies are failing to deliver adequate socioeconomic goods to their citizens, leading voters to forsake democracy and embrace antidemocratic politicians who undermine democracy once elected. Yet a close look at twelve important cases of recent backsliding casts doubt on this thesis, finding that while it has some explanatory power in some cases, …
Beyond Performance: Why Leaders Still Matter
In their response to "Misunderstanding Democratic Backsliding," Francis Fukuyama, Chris Dann, and Beatriz Magaloni defend the proposition that democracies' failure to deliver is a primary cause of democratic backsliding. Yet evidence that poor economic performance correlates with citizen dissatisfaction with democracy falls short as an explanation of backsliding. Democracy has persisted in some faltering economies while eroding in various strong …
Political science (3 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Business (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Development economics (1 works) · Economics (1 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (1 works)