Consensualism, Democratic Satisfaction, Political Trust and the Winner-Loser Gap State of the Art of Two Decades of Research
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| Publication date | 2019 |
| Journal | Politics of the Low Countries |
| Volume | Issue number | 1 | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 63-77 |
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| Abstract | Lijphart (1999) argued that citizens tend to be more satisfied with democracy in consensual democracies than in majoritarian democracies and that the gap in democratic satisfaction between the winners and the losers of elections is smaller under consensualism. Twenty years on since then, this article takes stock of the literature on consensualism and political support. We find considerable ambiguity in the theoretical arguments and empirical evidence provided in this literature. Finally, we speculate on possible reasons for this ambiguity. |
| Document type | Review article |
| Language | English |
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https://doi.org/10.5553/PLC/258999292019001001005
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