New publication! Unelected representation may influence how satisfied people are with democracy, opening up important discussions on the role activists play in shaping the legitimacy of liberal representative democracies. You can find out more below 👇
🆕 Unelected and untrusted? 🦹‍♂️
These authors 🧵 use a preregistered vignette experiment in Sweden, Germany, Italy, and Romania to assess whether citizens satisfaction with democracy is impacted by unelected representatives voicing political demands on behalf of constituencies
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The impact of unelected representatives on citizens’ satisfaction with democracy: A cross-national survey experiment
