Defending Democracy: Large Quasi-Experimental Evidence of the Effect of State Action on Public Support for Democracy

• In Event: Democratic Resilience and Public Support in Times of Crisis

Brief Overview

Using novel public opinion data and a quasi-experimental design, this paper shows how effective counter-extremism measures can influence citizens' support for democracy, trust in governmental institutions and voting behavior.

Authors

• Teresa Voelker, Harvard University

• Lennart Schürmann, European University Institute