When Untamed Watchdogs Age into Sloths: Evidence of Differentiated Citizen Disapproval of Constitution-violating Executives across 43 Democracies from 1962-2018.

• In Event: Public Opinion and Democracy

Brief Overview

This paper examines the consequences of constitutional violations for citizens' approval of executives. I argue and find that only citizens of inexperienced democracies disapprove of the executive for violating the constitution.

Author

• Kristian V. Skaaning Frederiksen, Aarhus University