Reposted by Maurits Meijers
🗣️ Do citizens believe parliamentarians when they call out autocratic behavior?
A survey experiment by @jmvanlit.bsky.social, @mauritsmeijers.bsky.social & Carolien van Ham suggests that credibility depends on government/opposition status and consistency 👇️
🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Credible resistance or political ploy? How government status and consistency shape citizen perceptions of parliamentarians’ democratic defence
Parliamentarians play a primary role in defending democracy against incumbent-led democratic recession. They can resist autocratization in the political arena by standing up against the incumbent g...
