Democracy and Extreme Confidence in Government: an Analysis of the Relation between the Quality of Democracy and the Confidence in Governments in 54 States

• Authors: Michał Kuź
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study examines the correlation between democracy and extreme confidence in governments in 54 states. The aim of the study is to test the hypothesis that the greater the number of citizens who display extreme confidence in government, the worse the quality of democracy. This finding argues against some of the propositions of Robert Putnam. The OLS regression analysis confirms the negative correlation between the variables, which indicates that the extreme levels of support for government do not correlate with the development of democracy.

Keywords

EN

Democracy,; extreme confidence in government, Robert Putnam,; World Value Survey,; attitudinal indicators,; political culture

• Publisher: Instytut Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
• Journal: Studia Politologiczne
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 28
• Pages: 134-148

Contributors

author

Michał Kuź