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- Title
Stable Support for Democracy in East and Southeast Asia? Examining Citizens' Trust in Democratic Institutions.
- Authors
Mauk, Marlene
- Abstract
Recent democratic regressions and crises suggest democracy is at risk across East and Southeast Asia. One of the factors that can determine democratic stability are citizens' attitudes. While previous research has concentrated on support for democracy-in-principle, this contribution argues that it is political trust, i.e. support for democracy-in-practice, which is crucial for democratic stability. For democracies to be stable, political trust should be high as well as rooted in long-term factors like liberal democratic value orientations or social trust to protect it from short-term fluctuations following economic crises or political scandals. This contribution therefore examines not only the current levels and development of political trust but also whether it is influenced more by long-term factors (liberal democratic value orientations, social trust) or short-term factors (economic performance evaluations, incumbent support). The empirical analysis shows political trust in five East and Southeast Asian democracies (Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan) to be mostly mediocre and primarily dependent on economic performance evaluations and incumbent support. Among the five democracies, citizens in Japan appear most resilient to democratic regressions; on the other hand, Taiwanese democracy seems least equipped to master future crises.
- Subjects
SOUTHEAST Asia; JAPAN; INCUMBENCY (Public officers); CITIZEN attitudes; POLITICAL corruption; POLITICAL development; TRUST; VALUE orientations
- Publication
East Asia: An International Quarterly, 2022, Vol 39, Issue 3, p239
- ISSN
1096-6838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12140-021-09381-y