The Effect of Protests and Protest Conditions on Satisfaction with Democracy in European Liberal Democracies: A Comparative and Quantitative Analysis

dc.contributor.advisorManevska, Katerina
dc.contributor.authorBerfin, K
dc.date.issued2021-08-16
dc.description.abstractIn this research, I study the effect of protests on public opinion and, more specifically, on citizen’s satisfaction with democracy in liberal democracies. Based on the idea that protests affect public opinion and that those protests serve an essential role in democracies, the link between protests and satisfaction with democracy is established. The hypothesis is that protests negatively influence satisfaction with democracy. Furthermore, the effect of protests on satisfaction with democracy is dependent on certain protest conditions. These conditions are protesters’ violence, state violence, the state’s response to the protester’s demands (ignoring or accommodating demands), and the organisation of the movement (size and formal organisation). The data used in this research is nested and therefore, a multilevel model is used to account for country differences. Based on the data, the conclusion is that protests indeed have a negative effect on satisfaction with democracy, but the conditions did not influence this relationship.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/12498
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Managementwetenschappenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationComparative Politicsen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster Political Scienceen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleThe Effect of Protests and Protest Conditions on Satisfaction with Democracy in European Liberal Democracies: A Comparative and Quantitative Analysisen_US
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