How Citizens Evaluate the Legitimacy of Direct Vote and Representation-Based Decision-Making : Findings From the Focus Groups on Adoption of the Euro and Acceptance of Refugees
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134221" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134221 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/6895" target="_blank" >https://jspp.psychopen.eu/index.php/jspp/article/view/6895</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6895" target="_blank" >10.5964/jspp.6895</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
How Citizens Evaluate the Legitimacy of Direct Vote and Representation-Based Decision-Making : Findings From the Focus Groups on Adoption of the Euro and Acceptance of Refugees
Original language description
How should political decisions be made to ensure a high level of legitimacy in the eyes of ordinary citizens? In order to answer this question, we conducted six focus groups (N = 29) with adults (20-78 years old). We analyzed data using a thematic analysis, within the essentialist/realist framework and focused on the explicit meanings of the data. Two specific issues were explored: the adoption of the Euro and acceptance of Syrian orphan refugees. The bottom-up analysis revealed that participants considered two strategies of political decision-making (direct vote and representation based) and discussed the pros and cons of each process in detail. The results point out the importance of public deliberation, transparency, and the source of decision-making in evaluating the overall legitimacy of decisions-making process. Further, unlike popular belief that citizens are thirsty for direct democracy our results suggest that people are rather hesitant about placing big decisions into the hands of ordinary citizens, nor do they want to be burdened with making decisions about issues that might not affect them directly. Rather, people described representation-based decisions as legitimate if condition of transparency, deliberation, and trust in politicians is met.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50100 - Psychology and cognitive sciences
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA18-19883S" target="_blank" >GA18-19883S: Psychological determinants of perceived democratic legitimacy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
ISSN
2195-3325
e-ISSN
2195-3325
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
408-423
UT code for WoS article
001065751900018
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85168142265