Power Diffusion and Democracy

Bernauer, Julian; Vatter, Adrian

doi:10.1017/9781108649629

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“…We also provide a number of robustness tests. First, we rely on a measure from Bernauer and Vatter (2019) on horizontal power sharing and find similar results (see Supplemental Table A13). Second, and as mentioned earlier, we replicate the results by using direct democracy usage rather than the institutional provisions.…”

Section: Empirical Tests: Are Direct Democratic Rights Related To Higher Satisfaction With Democracy?mentioning

confidence: 70%

“…The size of the governing coalition can affect satisfaction by affecting the perceived legitimacy of decisions (e.g., André & Depauw, 2017; Arnesen et al, 2019). Later on, we also rely on an alternative measure that operationalizes horizontal power sharing (Bernauer & Vatter, 2019). We present an overview of all variables in Supplemental Material A1).…”

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Satisfaction With Democracy: When Government by the People Brings Electoral Losers and Winners Together

Leemann¹,

Stadelmann‐Steffen

2021

Comparative Political Studies

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The last decade has witnessed the rise of populist parties and a number of actors that question liberal democracy. Many explanations of this rely on dissatisfied citizens. We ask in this article whether and how institutions allowing citizens to participate in policy-making affect differences in democratic satisfaction within varying representative contexts as well as between electoral winners and losers. To do so, we first develop a measure of sub-national direct democracy and then use it together with extensive survey data to investigate how direct democracy is associated with citizens’ evaluation of their democratic system. We conclude that direct democracy is not generally related to more satisfied people but rather closes the “satisfaction-gap” between electoral winners and losers. In contrast to previous research, we demonstrate that this mechanism holds across different representative systems.

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Section: Empirical Tests: Are Direct Democratic Rights Related To Higher Satisfaction With Democracy?mentioning

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Satisfaction With Democracy: When Government by the People Brings Electoral Losers and Winners Together

Leemann¹,

Stadelmann‐Steffen

2021

Comparative Political Studies

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“…The same logic of constructing theoretically maximalist ‘extrema’ to compare empirical variety can be found elsewhere in comparative politics (e.g. Bernauer and Vatter 2019; Gerring and Thacker 2008). R&S's epistemological and methodological approach would be unlikely to capture the full richness of type – to paraphrase Bogaards (2000) – irrespective of the focus of analysis because its contours are too narrow and rigid.…”

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“…Collier and Raney 2018; Defty 2020; Fleming 2019; Helms 2020; O'Brien 2019; Wincott et al 2020). Moreover, as Julian Bernauer and Adrian Vatter (2019) have illustrated, the concept of the ‘Westminster model’ has guided sampling strategies in both small-N and medium-/large-N comparative studies. With this comparative body of work in mind, it is possible to advance three main arguments against the core conclusion made by R&S. First, they fail to distinguish between theoretical and empirical concepts.…”

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‘Stretched But Not Snapped’: A Response to Russell and Serban on Retiring the ‘Westminster Model’

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This article engages with Meg Russell and Ruxandra Serban's (2021) argument that the Westminster model is ‘a concept stretched beyond repair’ that deserves ‘to be retired’. We examine the logic, theory and methods that led to such a powerful, potent and provocative argument. We suggest their approach may have inadvertently ‘muddied’ an already muddled concept. We assess the implications of ‘muddying’ for their conclusion that the Westminster model is, in essence, a dead concept in need of a decent funeral. We suggest the concept is ‘stretched but not snapped’ by developing a simple four-perspective broadening of the analytical lens. This approach aids understanding about what the concept covers, how it is operationalized and why it remains useful in comparative research.

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“…Indeed, studies on deliberation provide empirical evidence that under conditions of power-sharing, political opponents have more respect for each other and listen more to the arguments of the other side than in majoritarian settings (Bächtiger et al 2005 ; see also Bernauer and Vatter 2019 ). Thus, power-sharing allows for deliberative learning processes.…”

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Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing

Linder¹,

Mueller²

2021

Swiss Democracy

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This chapter unpacks the notion of power-sharing and explains its centrality for political Switzerland. While direct democracy has played an important part in its evolution, law-making in Switzerland has become impossible without the participation of various interest groups at early stages of drafting already. The chapter details the functioning of Switzerland’s broad-based political pluralism, its structure of consociational democracy, the representation of the most important political parties and interest groups, and the ensuing processes of negotiation and mutual adjustment. It also discusses challenges and pitfalls of power-sharing.

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Power Diffusion and Democracy

Cited by 31 publications

References 202 publications

Satisfaction With Democracy: When Government by the People Brings Electoral Losers and Winners Together

Satisfaction With Democracy: When Government by the People Brings Electoral Losers and Winners Together

‘Stretched But Not Snapped’: A Response to Russell and Serban on Retiring the ‘Westminster Model’

Consensus Democracy: The Swiss System of Power-Sharing

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