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Ep. 83: Trading democracy off for desirable outcomes?

Ep. 83: Trading democracy off for desirable outcomes?

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We discuss a forthcoming research article to be published at the Comparative Political Studies by Jonathan Chu and colleagues on whether people are willing to trade-off democracy for desirable outcomes.  The paper using experiments show that while free and fair elections are a desired, people in the six countries they studied (including US, Japan, Italy) are willing to trade it off to avoid living in dangerous societies.


Readings: Jonathan A. Chu, Scott Williamson, Eddy S.F. Yeung (forthcoming). "Are People Willing to to Trade Away Democracy for Desirable Outcomes? Experimental Evidence from Six Countries." Comparative Political Studies

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Ep. 83: Trading democracy off for desirable outcomes?

Ep. 83: Trading democracy off for desirable outcomes?

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