Democracy and Bureaucracy
How their Quality Matters for Popular Satisfaction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6407151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stefan Dahlberg (0000-0002-7483-9234, University of Gothenburg), Sören Holmberg (University of Gothenburg) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 515-537 |
| Publication date | 2014-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01402382.2013.830468 |
| OpenAlex | W2069012951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 131 |
| References cited | 42 |
This study focuses on how citizens' satisfaction with democracy is affected by system factors related to the input side of the democratic system, i.e. the electoral dimension, as well as to factors related to the output side, i.e. the quality of government. The study investigates the extent to which different election system characteristics and degrees of policy representation (in terms of ideological congruence between voters and representatives) and the presence of effective, professional and impartial governmental institutions are related to citizens' satisfaction with the way democracy works. The study uses data from CSES on individual voters and party system characteristics together with data on governmental institutions from the QoG Institute. Overall, the results indicate that factors such as government effectiveness are of greater importance for citizens' satisfaction with the way democracy functions, compared to factors like ideological congruence on the input side. Impartial and effective bureaucracies matter more than representational devices
Bureaucracy · Congruence (geometry · Democracy · Democratic system · Epistemology · Government (linguistics · Ideology · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Quality (philosophy · Representation (politics · Representative democracy · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes
Contention in Times of Crisis
Losing Happily? The Mitigating Effect of Democracy and Quality of Government on the Winner–Loser Gap in Political Support
Evaluations of institutional performance among adolescents
Perceived governing competence and ideological alignment
Electoral Punishment and Protest Politics in Times of Crisis
Bailouts, Austerity, and Protest
Capturing legitimacy in captured states
Inclusive representation and perceived democratic performance under democratic backsliding. Evidence from a full-factorial experiment in Hungary
Procedural Justice as a Factor of Attitudes Toward the Political System
Institutional Integrity
It's the Economy, Again! Determinants of Corruption in Public Administration
Fostering Youth Trust in the European Commission
Making Sense of Corruption
Juventud y confianza política en el Parlamento Europeo
Group-based congruence and political support
Democracy in context
Fostering support for non-democratic rule
What is the opposite of corruption
Satisfaction with Democracy
Quality of Democracy Makes a Difference, but Not for Everyone
Empowered by planning law
Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies
Bureaucratic characteristics and citizen trust in civil service in OECD member nations
Support for Democracy, Ideological Affinity, and the Perception of Corruption
Direct Democracy and Party Membership
The democratic paradox
The quality of government determinants of support for democracy
The Political Legitimacy of Global Governance and the Proper Role of Civil Society Actors
Populist radical right party representation and satisfaction with democracy in Europe
Cry the beloved administrative state
I Don’t Like It Unless It’s for Me
Globalization, Ideological Incongruence, and Support for Populist Parties
Islam, Origin Countries, and Democracy Satisfaction Among Immigrants in Western Europe
A Distributional Semantic Online Lexicon for Linguistic Explorations of Societies
The impact of unelected representatives on citizens’ satisfaction with democracy
Power and ideology – A comparison of citizens’ and politicians’ satisfaction with democracy
Opinion incongruence and public support for direct decision‐making
The perceived problem‐solving potential of deliberative minipublics
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Calidad del gobierno, victimización delictiva y participación política particularista en América Latina
La insatisfacción con la democracia en México (2014-2017)
Personally affected, politically disaffected? How experiences with public employment services impact young people's political efficacy
Question-Order Effect in the Study of Satisfaction with Democracy
Comparing local politicians’ and bureaucrats’ assessments of democratic participation
Productive resistance in the frontline implementation of social programs
Trust Me, Stay
The political representation of left-nationalist voters
On their own turf? The level-specificity of political trust in multilevel political systems
Do voters prefer more parties on the ballot
There is No Alternative? How European Voters Perceive Democratic Choices Over Economic and Non-Economic Policies
Public satisfaction with democracy
Governance and administration in Sri Lanka
Accountability from the perspective of the forum
Easy Come, Easy Go? Economic Performance and Satisfaction with Democracy in Southern Europe in the Last Three Decades
Political Trust as the Evaluation of Process and Performance
Perspectives about the Difference in the Relevance of American and European Political Science
How citizens evaluate democracy
Political support among winners and losers
Explaining cross‐national variation in the relationship between priority congruence and satisfaction with democracy
Failed expectations
When long-distance relationships don't work out
Does the economy really matter for satisfaction with democracy? Longitudinal and cross-country evidence from the European Union
Democratic resilience
Flames and Debates
Canadian Democracy at Risk? A Wakeup Call From the Perspective of English‐Speaking Citizens
The Effects of Government System Fractionalization on Satisfaction With Democracy
Corrupted Estimates? Response Bias in Citizen Surveys on Corruption
Epistemic democracy and the quality of government
How citizens’ conceptions of democracy relate to positive and negative partisanship towards populist parties
The party choice set and satisfaction with democracy
The political and economic causes of satisfaction with democracy in Spain – a twofold panel study
Socialization or Experience? Institutional Trust and Satisfaction with Democracy among Emigrants in Different Institutional Settings
Compulsory Voting Diminishes the Relationship between Winning and Satisfaction with Democracy
Institutions as Incentives for Civic Action
The Indirect Effect of Electoral Rules on Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy
What if it Kicked in More Strongly? A Counterfactual Analysis of Protest Voting's Electoral Consequences in Greece, Italy and Spain
The Evaluation of the District Legislators’ Performance Affects Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy
Democratic Discontent in Old and New Democracies
Enhancing the Legitimacy of Offices for Future Generations
Permissive Winners? The Quality of Democracy and the Winner–Loser Gap in the Perception of Freedoms
Procedures Matter
(Mis)perception of party congruence and satisfaction with democracy
Economic Evaluations, Procedural Fairness, and Satisfaction with Democracy
An Empirical Evaluation of Explanations for Political System Support
Procedural Fairness, the Economy, and Support for Political Authorities
The relationship between political procedural justice and attitudes toward the political system
The Curse of Knowledge? Education, Corruption, and Politics
The Quality of Representation and Satisfaction with Democracy
Can Authoritarians’ Electoral Success Abroad Change Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy
Racial Resentment, Electoral Loss, and Satisfaction with Democracy Among Whites in the United States
Clientelistic parties and satisfaction with democracy
Population ageing and local governments
Education, democratic governance, and satisfaction with democracy
Multidimensional incongruence, political disaffection, and support for anti-establishment parties
Caught between sovereignty and solidarity? A multidimensional revisitation of EU mass–elite congruence
Beyond the Dichotomous Vote
The Chinese Paradox of High Growth and Low Quality of Government
How the 2017 Federal Election in Germany Affected Satisfaction with Democracy among AfD Voters
Citizens and the State
The Quality of Government
Making Democratic Governance Work
Organizing Democratic Choice
Mapping Political Support in the 1990s
A systems analysis of political life
Electoral Engineering
Critical Citizens
The Relevance of Political Science
Patterns of democracy
Democratic Deficit
Bureaucratic structure and bureaucratic performance in less developed countries
Thinking about Democracy
Government Effectiveness in Comparative Perspective
The Political Economy of Attitudes toward Polity and Society in Western European Democracies
Satisfaction with democracy
Congruence between Citizens and Policymakers in Two Visions of Liberal Democracy
The Merit of Meritocratization
Party System Compactness
The Determinants of State Legitimacy
Political parties, electoral systems and democracy
Coalition government and satisfaction with democracy
The meaning and measure of state legitimacy
The Quantity and the Quality of Party Systems
Citizen Satisfaction With Democracy and Parties’ Policy Offerings
Ideological Congruence and Electoral Institutions
A Re-assessment of the Concept of Political Support
The quality of government
What Is Quality of Government? A Theory of Impartial Government Institutions
Proportionality, disproportionality and electoral systems
Satisfaction with democracy
Are political parties necessary
Democratic electoral systems around the world, 1946-2000
Creating Political Legitimacy
Centripetal Democratic Governance
Political Institutions and Satisfaction with Democracy
| Unique citing works | 131 |
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| Citations per year | 10,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 131 |