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A Lost Decade for Third-Wave Democracies? by Yun-han Chu; Kai-Ping Huang; Marta Lagos; Robert Mattes is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.

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Amid what is now recognized as a years-long democratic recession that includes not only backsliding in younger democracies but dysfunction in established ones, it is important to see the phenomenon not only through the lenses of experts at Freedom House or V-Dem, but from the standpoint of ordinary citizens. It is they, after all, who should have the final say over what kind of democratic political system they are experiencing and whether its quality of governance lives up to their expectations. Support for and satisfaction with democracy may come from many sources, including the provision of political goods, economic success, protection of human safety, and improvements in governance (in terms of transparency, fairness, impartiality, and the like). Such tangible benefits deeply affect citizens' commitment to democracy. 1 Experts make their assessments of how democracy is doing in a given country, and ordinary citizens make theirs. What citizens experience may accord with what the experts see, or it may not. By offering a citizen-based perspective, we hope to enrich the overall picture of the current state of democracy around the world. Using the longitudinal data accrued from the

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Author

Yun-han Chu; Kai-Ping Huang; Marta Lagos; Robert Mattes

Publisher

Project MUSE; The Johns Hopkins University Press (ISSN 1086-3214)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Social Sciences