Abstract
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Elections and Democracy |
| Subtitle of host publication | Representation and Accountability |
| Editors | Jacques Thomassen |
| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 201-231 |
| Number of pages | 279 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198716334 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Publication series
| Name | Comparative study of electoral systems |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
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Globalization, Representation, and Attitudes Towards Democracy. / Aarts, Kees; Thomassen, Jacques; van Ham, Carolien.
Elections and Democracy: Representation and Accountability. ed. / Jacques Thomassen. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. p. 201-231 (Comparative study of electoral systems).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review
TY - CHAP
T1 - Globalization, Representation, and Attitudes Towards Democracy
AU - Aarts, Kees
AU - Thomassen, Jacques
AU - van Ham, Carolien
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - One of the main challenges for modern democracies is their supposedly declining support among the citizenry. Two rival explanations for declining political support are the modernization thesis and the globalization thesis. According to the first thesis, the greatest loss in support for the democratic system is expected to be located among the better educated, the more skilled, and those with higher incomes. The second thesis predicts the opposite, i.e. that the greatest loss in support is to be found among those at the margins of the economic order: the less educated, the less skilled, and those with lower incomes. The chapter finds more evidence in support for the second than the first thesis. It is the citizens on the margin of the economic order that feel less well represented and are less satisfied with democracy. But the differences between different groups in society are rather small.
AB - One of the main challenges for modern democracies is their supposedly declining support among the citizenry. Two rival explanations for declining political support are the modernization thesis and the globalization thesis. According to the first thesis, the greatest loss in support for the democratic system is expected to be located among the better educated, the more skilled, and those with higher incomes. The second thesis predicts the opposite, i.e. that the greatest loss in support is to be found among those at the margins of the economic order: the less educated, the less skilled, and those with lower incomes. The chapter finds more evidence in support for the second than the first thesis. It is the citizens on the margin of the economic order that feel less well represented and are less satisfied with democracy. But the differences between different groups in society are rather small.
KW - METIS-304578
KW - IR-91507
U2 - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198716334.003.0011
DO - 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198716334.003.0011
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9780198716334
T3 - Comparative study of electoral systems
SP - 201
EP - 231
BT - Elections and Democracy
A2 - Thomassen, Jacques
PB - Oxford University Press
CY - Oxford
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