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Thomassen, Jacques. and Aarts, Kees. "Satisfaction with Democracy: Do Institutions Matter?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA, Aug 31, 2006 <Not Available>. 2011-03-13 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p152407_index.html>

Thomassen, J. J. and Aarts, K. , 2006-08-31 "Satisfaction with Democracy: Do Institutions Matter?" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Marriott, Loews Philadelphia, and the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA Online <PDF>. 2011-03-13 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p152407_index.html

Publication Type: Proceeding Abstract: According to mainstream normative democratic theory elections in a representative democracy have two important functions. First, elections allow voters to determine the political colour of their government, making government accountable to the judgment of the people. Secondly, elections should produce a legislature that is representative of the division of political opinion amongst the electorate. However, there is a certain tension between these two functions. Electoral systems and more in general democratic systems cannot optimally serve both functions at the same time. Majoritarian models of democracy are supposed to optimise the accountability function, consensus models of democracy the representation function. Previous research showed that people in consensus democracies are more satisfied with the functioning of democracy in their country than people in majoritarian democracies. In this paper we try to assess to what extent this relationship can be explained by people’s perception of the accountability and representiveness of the political system in their country. Our findings show that people’s satisfaction with their democracy primarily depends on their perception of the representation function, and to a lesser degree on the accountability function. Surprisingly, both the representation and the accountability perception are enhanced by a proportional-type constitutional design. In contrast, our evaluative measure of satisfaction with democracy is hardly affected at all by constitutional design – it appears that at the macro-level satisfaction with democracy is primarily affected by the age of the democracy one lives in.

Public Attitudes About Political Participation on the Internet: Do People Perceive Political Activities Performed Online and Offline to be Equally Effective?

Are Proportional Systems More Representative Than Majoritarian Systems?

Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Communist Multi-Ethnic Countries: The Effect of Representative Political Institutions.