What does it mean to be a good citizen when democracy is threatened? Drawing on extensive survey data from the US, UK, and Germany, this comparative study shows that a citizens' partisan identity determines how they respond to threats like electoral interference and polarization.
What does it mean to be a good citizen when democracy is threatened? Drawing on extensive survey data from the US, UK, and Germany, this comparative study shows that a citizens' partisan identity determines how they respond to threats like electoral interference and polarization.
Sara Wallace Goodman is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Immigration and Membership Politics in Western Europe (Cambridge, 2014), and the recipient of several APSA awards. Her work has been funded by the National Science and Russell Sage Foundations.
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1. Introduction 2. Citizenship and Democratic Instability 3. Measuring Citizenship Norms: Behavior, Belief, and Belonging 4. Patterns of Partisan Citizenship 5. Polarization 6. Foreign Interference in Elections 7. Conclusion.