Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes

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Marlene Mauk (Postdoctoral Researcher, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes

Marlene Mauk (Postdoctoral Researcher, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

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Oxford University Press
30 April 2020

Political science & theory; Comparative politics; Political structures: democracy; Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship

Series: Comparative Politics

Citizen Support for Democratic and Autocratic Regimes takes a political-culture perspective on the struggle between democracy and autocracy by examining how these regimes fare in the eyes of their citizens. Taking a globally comparative approach, it studies both the levels as well as the individual- and system-level sources of political support in democracies and autocracies worldwide. The book develops an explanatory model of regime support which includes both individual- and system level determinants and specifies not only the general causal mechanisms and pathways through which these determinants affect regime support but also spells out how these effects might vary between the two types of regimes. It empirically tests its propositions using multi-level structural equation modeling and a comprehensive dataset that combines recent public-opinion data from six cross-national survey projects with aggregate data from various sources for more than 100 democracies and autocracies. It finds that both the levels and individual-level sources of regime support are the same in democracies and autocracies, but that the way in which system-level context factors affect regime support differs between the two types of regimes. The results enhance our understanding of what determines citizen support for fundamentally different regimes, help assessing the present and future stability of democracies and autocracies, and provide clear policy implications to those interested in strengthening support for democracy and/or fostering democratic change in autocracies.

Comparative Politics is a series for researchers, teachers, and students of political science that deals with contemporary government and politics. Global in scope, books in the series are characterised by a stress on comparative analysis and strong methodological rigour. The series is published in association with the European Consortium for Political Research. For more information visit: www.ecprnet.eu. The series is edited by Susan Scarrow, Chair of the Department of Political Science, University of Houston, and Jonathan Slapin, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Zurich

By: Marlene Mauk (Postdoctoral Researcher GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 486g
ISBN: 9780198854852
ISBN 10: 0198854854
Series: Comparative Politics
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 April 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Introduction 2: Conceptualizing political support in democracies and autocracies 3: Sources of regime support in democracies and autocracies 4: Data and methods 5: Levels and sources of regime support in democracies and autocracies 6: Conclusion

Marlene Mauk is a research associate in political science at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne. She holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Mainz University and has previously worked there as a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Science. Her research interests lie in the field of political culture, with a focus on the comparison between democracies and autocracies; among other topics, she studies political trust and its sources, political value orientations, and various aspects of democratic quality.