The evaluation of democratic performance from a comparative longitudinal perspective

This chapter examines how European citizens’ evaluations of different democracy models have evolved from 2012 to 2022, a period of significant economic, social, and political change. Building on the authors’ previous work on this topic, published in 2016, they once more focus on predictors of citize...

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Autores: Torcal, Mariano, Trechsel, Alexander H.
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/70906
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198883319.003.0008
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Palabra clave:Evaluation of democracy
Political trust
Winner–loser gap
Populist values
Affective polarization
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spelling The evaluation of democratic performance from a comparative longitudinal perspectiveTorcal, MarianoTrechsel, Alexander H.Evaluation of democracyPolitical trustWinner–loser gapPopulist valuesAffective polarizationThis chapter examines how European citizens’ evaluations of different democracy models have evolved from 2012 to 2022, a period of significant economic, social, and political change. Building on the authors’ previous work on this topic, published in 2016, they once more focus on predictors of citizens’ evaluations of liberal, social, and direct models of democracy. The analysis shows a shifting pattern, with evaluations of liberal and social democracy becoming increasingly dependent on trust in political institutions and the impact of electoral defeats. These changes are linked to the influence of populist values and rising affective polarization. Overall, while support for democracy models remains stable, evaluations are more strongly influenced by political factors than before.Oxford University Press20252025infoinfoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/70906http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198883319.003.0008reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésTorcal M, Trechsel AH, The evaluation of democratic performance from a comparative longitudinal perspective, How Europeans view and evaluate democracy revisited by/edited by Ferrin M, Kriesi H, 2025, reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press https://academic.oup.com/book/59840/chapter/511343585.info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/709062026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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Torcal, Mariano
Evaluation of democracy
Political trust
Winner–loser gap
Populist values
Affective polarization
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Trechsel, Alexander H.
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Trechsel, Alexander H.
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Political trust
Winner–loser gap
Populist values
Affective polarization
topic Evaluation of democracy
Political trust
Winner–loser gap
Populist values
Affective polarization
description This chapter examines how European citizens’ evaluations of different democracy models have evolved from 2012 to 2022, a period of significant economic, social, and political change. Building on the authors’ previous work on this topic, published in 2016, they once more focus on predictors of citizens’ evaluations of liberal, social, and direct models of democracy. The analysis shows a shifting pattern, with evaluations of liberal and social democracy becoming increasingly dependent on trust in political institutions and the impact of electoral defeats. These changes are linked to the influence of populist values and rising affective polarization. Overall, while support for democracy models remains stable, evaluations are more strongly influenced by political factors than before.
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