The Project
This project employs an integrative multi-method approach that combines cross-sectional and panel surveys, content analysis, and experiments to conduct empirical analysis across 15 European countries. The study aims to investigate through the following approach :
The project explained
Our study involves constructing a conceptual map that outlines the various democratic trade-offs at play, which we then use to investigate the preferences of citizens as well as the positions held by political parties.
The Data
We analyze the determinants of citizens’ democratic trade-off preferences, and how the interplay between these preferences and parties’ politicization of these trade-offs affects individuals’ support and satisfaction with democracy.
The Output
Our analysis focuses on exploring ways in which citizens can come to terms with the reality that certain democratic qualities may not be able to be fully optimized at the same time.