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Institutional Quality and Perceptions of Representation in Advanced Industrial Democracies

Robert Rohrschneider

Indiana University

This study examines how well publics feel represented by their parliaments and governments in advanced industrial democracies. I argue that these perceptions are to a significant degree shaped by how well arbitrating institutions—bureaucracies and judiciaries—administer policies and adjudicate conflicts. A core premise is that the personal and salient character of contacts with these institutions informs citizens about how effectively other parts of a regime represent them. The results support the argument: When national administrative and judicial institutions work well, citizens are also more likely to believe that parliaments and governments account for their interests, net of economic factors. The main rival hypothesis receives surprisingly little support—a nation’s regime type exerts little influence on representational judgments.

Key Words: institutions • representation • administration • public opinion • majoritarian regimes

Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 38, No. 7, 850-874 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005276305
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