Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change

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dc.contributor.advisorMattes, Roberten_ZA
dc.contributor.authorClaassen, Christopher Bruce Phillipsen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T03:52:19Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T03:52:19Z
dc.date.issued2004en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 54-55).
dc.description.abstractUsing survey data from the third World Values Survey and democracy scores from Freedom House, I outline and test a supply and demand model of democratic change and stability. While "support for democracy" is a common concept in political science, the only empirical studies of the relationship between these regime preferences and democracy (Inglehart, 2003; Inglehart & Welzel, 2003; Welzel, Inglehart and Klingemann 2003) do not control for reciprocal causation and use poorly conceptualised and measured variables. They claim that deeply-rooted cultural orientations called "self-expression values" are a better measure of implicit support for democracy than overt expressions of regime preference. However, I find that once I control for the possibility that democracy is exogenous, there is little difference between the explanatory power of cultural values versus overtly expressed preferences. Furthermore, I argue that popular regime preferences (or demand) affect the change in the level of democracy, but do so only in relation to its current supply. "Net demand" is the driver of system change rather than absolute levels of popular support for democracy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationClaassen, C. B. P. (2004). <i>Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3797en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationClaassen, Christopher Bruce Phillips. <i>"Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3797en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationClaassen, C. 2004. Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Claassen, Christopher Bruce Phillips AB - Using survey data from the third World Values Survey and democracy scores from Freedom House, I outline and test a supply and demand model of democratic change and stability. While "support for democracy" is a common concept in political science, the only empirical studies of the relationship between these regime preferences and democracy (Inglehart, 2003; Inglehart & Welzel, 2003; Welzel, Inglehart and Klingemann 2003) do not control for reciprocal causation and use poorly conceptualised and measured variables. They claim that deeply-rooted cultural orientations called "self-expression values" are a better measure of implicit support for democracy than overt expressions of regime preference. However, I find that once I control for the possibility that democracy is exogenous, there is little difference between the explanatory power of cultural values versus overtly expressed preferences. Furthermore, I argue that popular regime preferences (or demand) affect the change in the level of democracy, but do so only in relation to its current supply. "Net demand" is the driver of system change rather than absolute levels of popular support for democracy. DA - 2004 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2004 T1 - Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change TI - Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3797 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/3797
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationClaassen CBP. Does support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system change. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Political Studies, 2004 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3797en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPhilosophy and Political Economicsen_ZA
dc.titleDoes support for democracy matter? : a cross-national study of regime preferences and system changeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPhilen_ZA
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