Empowering leaders or trading-off democracy: A survey experiment and a panel study investigating citizens’ support for democratic accountability mechanisms in the Netherlands ...
In modern liberal democracies, next to elections, constitutional checks and balances are designed to protect citizens from the abuse of power by the leaders (Acemoglu, Robinson & Tvorik 2013). Constitutional checks and balances are important to control those in power and to assure state institutions treat all citizens the same, irrespective of their ideological convictions and personal characteristics. At the same time, checks and balances can be destroyed by those who hold power, especially in the situation of majority rule. How do citizens respond to undermining checks and balances by th... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Pre-registration |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
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| Schlagwörter: | Comparative Politics / Political Science / FOS: Political science / Social and Behavioral Sciences / democracy / democratic backsliding / democratic norms / partisanship / political trade-offs |
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| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29160324 |
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| Link(s) : | https://dx.doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/6kg4c |
In modern liberal democracies, next to elections, constitutional checks and balances are designed to protect citizens from the abuse of power by the leaders (Acemoglu, Robinson & Tvorik 2013). Constitutional checks and balances are important to control those in power and to assure state institutions treat all citizens the same, irrespective of their ideological convictions and personal characteristics. At the same time, checks and balances can be destroyed by those who hold power, especially in the situation of majority rule. How do citizens respond to undermining checks and balances by those in power? ...