Endogenous Popularity
How Perceptions of Support Affect the Popularity of Authoritarian Regimes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3138541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noah Buckley (0000-0002-4641-6664, Trinity College Dublin, corresponding author), Kyle L Marquardt (0000-0003-2043-5880, University of Bergen, corresponding author), Ora John Reuter (0000-0002-2576-3018, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, corresponding author), Katerina Tertytchnaya (0000-0002-6216-5893, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 118 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1046-1052 |
| Publication date | 2024-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Political Science Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003055423000618 |
| OpenAlex | W4384524070 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 28 |
Being popular makes it easier for dictators to govern. A growing body of scholarship therefore focuses on the factors that influence authoritarian popularity. However, it is possible that the perception of popularity itself affects incumbent approval in autocracies. We use framing experiments embedded in four surveys in Russia to examine this phenomenon. These experiments reveal that manipulating information-and thereby perceptions-about Russian President Vladimir Putin's popularity can significantly affect respondents' support for him. Additional analyses, which rely on a novel combination of framing and list experiments, indicate that these changes in support are not due to preference falsification, but are in fact genuine. This study has implications for research on support for authoritarian leaders and defection cascades in nondemocratic regimes
Affect (linguistics · Authoritarianism · Autocracy · Democracy · Epistemology · Framing (construction · Geography · Perception · Phenomenon · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Scholarship · Sociology · Communication · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 7 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |