Democracy often confronts citizens with a dilemma: stand firm on democracy while losing
out on policy or accept undemocratic behavior and gain politically. Existing literature …

Why has voter turnout declined in democracies all over the world? This article draws on
findings from microlevel studies and theorizes two explanations: generational change and a …

Populist radical right (PRR) parties are increasingly included in coalition governments
across Western Europe. How does such inclusion affect satisfaction with democracy (SWD) …

Satisfaction with democracy (SWD) is one of the most commonly studied topics in the fields
of political behavior and public opinion. Gauged with a survey question that asks …

For decades, political scientists have hotly debated longitudinal trends in political trust rates.
An important undercurrent in the debate is that any decline in political trust might signal a …

Do economic experiences early in life affect regime support later in life? Effects of recent
economic performance on regime support are extensively studied, but lasting effects of …

The literature on comparative partisanship has demonstrated the low rates of party
identification in Latin America. Such low rates are commonly interpreted as a sign of citizens' …

Scholars who want to perform cross-national comparative research rely on data provided by
International survey projects, which study the same concepts in varying countries and …

As the editors of this volume argue in the very first sentences of the introductory chapter, the
survival and stability of democratic regimes ultimately rests on citizens' beliefs in their …

Dreißig Jahre nach dem Systemumbruch in der DDR und nach der» Wiedervereinigung
«weisen die politischen Einstellungen–speziell die Beweggründe und Formen politischer …