Scaling Up? Unpacking the Effect of Deliberative Mini-Publics on Legitimacy Perceptions
| Autor: | Micha Germann, Sofie Marien, Lala Muradova |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Polymers and Plastics business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Citizen journalism Public relations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Democracy Test (assessment) Deliberative democracy Politics Political science Perception Referendum Business and International Management business Legitimacy media_common |
| Zdroj: | SSRN Electronic Journal. |
| ISSN: | 1556-5068 |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3954035 |
| Popis: | Deliberative mini-publics are increasingly used to try to tackle public discontent with the functioning of democracy. However, the ability of mini-publics to increase perceptions of legitimate decision-making among citizens at large remains unclear, given especially that existing studies have not considered the potentially damaging effects of mini-public recommendations not being followed. We designed, pre-registered, and ran a survey experiment in Ireland to test the effects of mini-publics on legitimacy perceptions conditional on whether or not their non-binding policy recommendations are honored (N= 1,309). We find that mini-publics increase legitimacy perceptions among the broader citizenry; however, these beneficial effects are largely limited to situations in which their recommendations are honored. Additional results suggest that it makes no difference whether mini-public recommendations are overturned by elected representatives or by citizens in a referendum. Finally, we find that the legitimacy-enhancing effects of participatory processes are driven by citizens with low political trust. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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