Cheater detection in politics:Evolution and citizens’ capacity to hold political leaders accountable
| Autor: | Troels Bøggild |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Procedural justice
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Sociology and Political Science Democratic accountability media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology Evolutionary psychology 050105 experimental psychology Politics Perception Natural (music) 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Business and International Management Applied Psychology media_common business.industry The Wason selection task Psychological research 05 social sciences Cognition Public relations Democracy Identification (information) Ideology business |
| Zdroj: | Bøggild, T 2020, ' Cheater detection in politics : Evolution and citizens’ capacity to hold political leaders accountable ', The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 2, 101268 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.09.006 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.leaqua.2018.09.006 |
| Popis: | The average citizen is often unable to distinguish and choose between political leaders according to their ideological profiles. Research using evolutionary theory shows that citizens instead turn to perceptions of procedural fairness concerning whether leaders follow basic decision-making rules such as passing policies without personal interest and displaying responsiveness to citizens' opinions. Some argue that this helps citizens “weed out” questionable leaders; others question citizens' ability to distinguish those following the rules from those who do not. To address this question, I build on psychological research showing that the mind possesses a natural ability, a cheater-detection system, enabling the detection of self-interested others who violate social rules. Introducing an experimental protocol from psychology embedded in cross-national surveys, I show that this system also operates when citizens evaluate political leaders, facilitating identification of leaders who violate basic decision-making rules. The findings advance our understanding of citizens' democratic competences and followers' cognitive abilities generally. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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