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Does the democratic performance really matter for regime support? Evidence from the post-communist Member States of the European Union
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Abstract
The democratic performance is declining across a number of Central and Eastern European Member States of the European Union, this while regime support has seemingly been steadily increasing. This dual development leads to questions regarding whether the democratic performance actually matters for re... view more
The democratic performance is declining across a number of Central and Eastern European Member States of the European Union, this while regime support has seemingly been steadily increasing. This dual development leads to questions regarding whether the democratic performance actually matters for regime support within a region consisting of countries that are still being considered as relatively new democracies. The findings from this study shows that there is a negative connection between higher levels of democratic performance and regime support within the countries in this region during the period of 2004-2019. Nonetheless, higher levels of democratic performance are still related to higher levels of regime support across the region.... view less
Keywords
Eurobarometer; EU; post-communist society; USSR successor state; EU member state; democracy; public opinion; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; political regime
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Political System, Constitution, Government
Free Keywords
regime support; democratic performance; democratic backsliding; Eurobarometer 62.0 (2004)-91.5 (2019)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2022
Page/Pages
p. 61-82
Journal
East European Politics, 38 (2022) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1878150
ISSN
2159-9173
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed