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Public Attitudes toward Democratic Principles, Reforms, and Backsliding
Sat, September 7, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), 107ASession Submission Type: Created Panel
Session Description
This set of papers examine what shapes people’s support for democratic principles and attitudes toward interventions and reforms designed to improve the health of democracy. The studies have implications for our understanding of democratic backsliding and people’s willingness to tolerate antidemocratic rhetoric and violations of democratic norms.
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Individual Presentations
U.S. Democratic Backsliding and the Decline of Democratic Support Abroad - Amnon Cavari, Reichman University; Amichai Magen, Stanford University; Benjamin Yoel
Elite and Public Attitudes about Democratic Reforms - Gavin Ploger, University of Michigan; Yphtach Lelkes, University of Pennsylvania; Sean Westwood, Dartmouth College
Measuring the Support for Democratic Backsliding in Europe - Noam Titelman, Sciences Po; Javier Sajuria, Queen Mary, University of London; Lisa Zanotti, Diego Portales University
Party over Principles: Reassessing Democratic Elitism among American Politicians - Curtis Bram, University of Texas at Dallas
Conditional Democracy: Partisan Electoral Concern in Support for Enfranchisement - Saikun Shi, Stanford University