Department of Politics and International Relations
- Politics and International Relations
- About our research
- Current research projects
- Democratic dissatisfaction in Southern Europe: the political consequences of the crisis
Democratic dissatisfaction in Southern Europe: the political consequences of the crisis
Researcher: Dr Ignacio Jurado
Funders: ESRC
In this two-year research project, funded by the ESRC, Dr Ignacio Jurado seeks to answer three related questions:
- What explains the unprecedented democratic dissatisfaction in Southern Europe?
- What is the impact of democratic dissatisfaction on attitudes towards democracy at the national level?
- How does democratic dissatisfaction shape attitudes towards the European Union and the euro?
The main hypothesis of this project is that Southern European countries are undergoing a crisis of legitimation. Citizens' democratic dissatisfaction is the consequence of a responsiveness gap: that is, of citizens' perception that governments are not responding to their demands anymore. The project explores how this crisis of representation and legitimation is taking place and its consequences.