Contextualizing the economic basis of political support : government economic engagement, economic perceptions, and democratic satisfaction

Tang, Min and Huhe, Narisong (2020) Contextualizing the economic basis of political support : government economic engagement, economic perceptions, and democratic satisfaction. Political Research Quarterly, 73 (2). pp. 425-438. ISSN 1065-9129 (https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912919831774)

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Citizens extend their support to the government based on their evaluation of the government’s economic performance. Yet, inadequate attention has been paid to how the economic roles of the government influence the economic basis of government support. We argue that the extent to which the government is engaged in the economy determines how people attribute economic success or failure to the government and thus moderates the effect of economic perceptions. Focusing on one widely researched measurement of political support in a democratic setting, democratic satisfaction, we analyze the moderating effect of government economic engagement on the effect of economic perceptions among eighteen Latin American democracies. A consistent finding yielded in our study is that with a higher level of economic engagement of the government, there is a stronger association between the perceptions of economic conditions and citizens’ satisfaction with democracy.

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	66592
  Dates:	Date Event 1 June 2020 Published 13 March 2019 Published Online 9 January 2019 Accepted
  Notes:	© 2019 University of Utah. Tang, M., & Huhe, N. (2020). Contextualizing the Economic Basis of Political Support: Government Economic Engagement, Economic Perceptions, and Democratic Satisfaction. Political Research Quarterly, 73(2), 425-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912919831774
  Subjects:	Political Science Social Sciences
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	16 Jan 2019 11:46
  Last modified:	18 Nov 2024 01:12
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  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/66592