Chris Claassen
@chrisclaassen.bsky.social
Professor of political behaviour at the University of Glasgow
A group of us published this recently - doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach - Christopher Claassen, Kathrin Ackermann, Eri Bertsou, Lucas Borba, Ryan E. Carlin, Amnon Cavari, Sirianne Dahlum, Sergiu Gherghina...
Much of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likel...
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July 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
A group of us published this recently - doi.org/10.1177/0010...
Reposted by Chris Claassen
With @robjohns75.bsky.social, we ask: do people infer class from accents? And does that matter for candidate evaluations?
The answer is yes and yes.
The answer is yes and yes.
May 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
With @robjohns75.bsky.social, we ask: do people infer class from accents? And does that matter for candidate evaluations?
The answer is yes and yes.
The answer is yes and yes.
Really interesting study! Love seeing the panel survey setup -- such a powerful design but seldom used. My reading is that contemporary authoritarianism in political science research often looks at interactive effects (threats activating latent tendencies, ala Feldman) vs. simple direct links?
May 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Really interesting study! Love seeing the panel survey setup -- such a powerful design but seldom used. My reading is that contemporary authoritarianism in political science research often looks at interactive effects (threats activating latent tendencies, ala Feldman) vs. simple direct links?
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 6, 2023 at 11:47 AM
Paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
We test our 17 questions in 19 countries. We find that disjunctures in how our item cohere reveal faultlines in political cultures that can be exploited by authoritarians. We also identify a set of 7 items that provide a reliable and valid measure of public support for liberal democracy. [3/3]
November 6, 2023 at 11:47 AM
We test our 17 questions in 19 countries. We find that disjunctures in how our item cohere reveal faultlines in political cultures that can be exploited by authoritarians. We also identify a set of 7 items that provide a reliable and valid measure of public support for liberal democracy. [3/3]
Instead, we - a consortium of 22 experts on public opinion and democracy - propose a new approach. Rather than asking respondents about democracy, we ask them to evaluate the rights and institutions that constitute liberal democracy, based on the V-Dem operationalization. polisky [2/3]
November 6, 2023 at 11:46 AM
Instead, we - a consortium of 22 experts on public opinion and democracy - propose a new approach. Rather than asking respondents about democracy, we ask them to evaluate the rights and institutions that constitute liberal democracy, based on the V-Dem operationalization. polisky [2/3]