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At a time of widespread disillusion, citizens keep telling us how “frustrated” they feel with their democracies. However, whilst scholars and commentators alike have heard that complain millions of times, we may not have taken it as seriously as we should. The author takes the concept of democratic frustration literally and puts it under an unprecedented analytical and empirical microscope. She applies insights from the psychology and political science literatures and uses a mixture of panel studies, surveys, interviews, and experiments to understand its sources, nature, dimensions, and consequences. The book sheds unprecedented light on pathologies of democratic frustration in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa with a double focus on the general population, and on young people. Doing so, it reveals new thought-provoking insights on the true nature of contemporary democratic crises, and not least on how citizens’ actual desire for democracy uniquely shapes their dissatisfaction. Sarah Harrison is Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory and Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Government, LSE, UK. .

Comparative government. --- Political psychology. --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Political sociology. --- Comparative Politics. --- Political Psychology. --- European Politics. --- Political Sociology. --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Politics, Practical --- Psychology, Political --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Comparative political systems --- Comparative politics --- Government, Comparative --- Political systems, Comparative --- Sociological aspects --- Psychological aspects

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At a time of widespread disillusion, citizens keep telling us how “frustrated” they feel with their democracies. However, whilst scholars and commentators alike have heard that complain millions of times, we may not have taken it as seriously as we should. The author takes the concept of democratic frustration literally and puts it under an unprecedented analytical and empirical microscope. She applies insights from the psychology and political science literatures and uses a mixture of panel studies, surveys, interviews, and experiments to understand its sources, nature, dimensions, and consequences. The book sheds unprecedented light on pathologies of democratic frustration in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa with a double focus on the general population, and on young people. Doing so, it reveals new thought-provoking insights on the true nature of contemporary democratic crises, and not least on how citizens’ actual desire for democracy uniquely shapes their dissatisfaction. Sarah Harrison is Deputy Director of the Electoral Psychology Observatory and Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Government, LSE, UK. .

Political sociology --- Sociology --- Political systems --- Politics --- sociologie --- politiek --- Europese politiek --- Europe --- Comparative government. --- Political psychology. --- Europe—Politics and government. --- Political sociology. --- Comparative Politics. --- Political Psychology. --- European Politics. --- Political Sociology.

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"This book presents the results of a new comparative research project on the trajectories, motivations, perceptions and attitudes of young members (aged 18-25) of 13 different European political parties in GB, France, Germany, Spain, Norway and Hungary. The project combined a mass survey of 2919 young party members with 507 in-depth interviews"--Provided by publisher.

Young adults --- Democracy --- Political participation --- Political socialization --- Jeunes adultes --- Démocratie --- Participation politique --- Socialisation politique --- Political activity --- Activité politique --- Youth --- #SBIB:324H43 --- #SBIB:324H60 --- Politieke structuren: politieke partijen --- Politieke socialisatie --- Socialization, Political --- Political psychology --- Political sociology --- Socialization --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Démocratie --- Activité politique

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Could understanding whether elections make people happy and bring them closure matter more than who they vote for? What if people did not vote for what they want but for what they believe is right based on roles they implicitly assume? Do elections make people cry? This book invites readers on a unique journey inside the mind of a voter using unprecedented data from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, South Africa, and Georgia throughout a period when the world evolved from the centrist dominance of Obama and Mandela to the shock victories of Brexit and Trump. Michael Bruter and Sarah Harrison explore three interrelated aspects of the heart and mind of voters: the psychological bases of their behaviour, how they experience elections and the emotions this entails, and how and when elections bring democratic resolution.

Voting --- Elections --- Psychological aspects. --- Election Day. --- Homo suffragator. --- appropriation. --- ballot. --- choice. --- democratic citizen, voter physiology. --- democratic closure. --- dependent variables. --- electoral habits. --- electoral outcome. --- electorate. --- hope. --- individual-societal psarojection. --- participation. --- partisan identification. --- partisanship. --- projected efficacy. --- reconciliation. --- resolution. --- societal projection. --- voting.

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