The effects of direct voting and deliberation on legitimacy beliefs: an experimental study of small group decision-making
The effects of direct voting and deliberation on legitimacy beliefs: an experimental study of small group decision-making
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直接投票和审议对合法性信念的影响：小组决策的实验研究
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2012
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3.2
通讯作者：
M. Gilljam
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作者：
Mikael Persson;P. Esaiasson;M. Gilljam
在民主理论中，两个经常出现的观点是，在全民投票中的审议和直接投票可以增加民主程序的合法性。为了评估这一说法，我们进行了一个受控的现场实验，其中215名高中生参加了一个集体问题的决定。决定通过直接投票或非投票程序（由教师决定）作出。此外，我们还在决策前操纵了审议的机会。我们的主要发现是，无论是投票和审议显着增加感知的合法性相比，这些组件缺席的程序。然而，同时使用投票和审议并不比不使用审议的投票产生更高的感知合法性。我们还发现，在决策过程中的感知影响调解的投票和审议的效果，而决策的认知质量，这是非常强调的审议民主理论，没有得到支持作为调解人。
In democratic theory, two frequently occurring ideas are that deliberation and direct voting in referendums can increase perceived legitimacy of democratic procedures. To evaluate this claim, we conducted a controlled field experiment in which 215 high school students participated by being subject to a decision on a collective issue. The decision was made either by direct voting or as a non-voting procedure (decision made by the teacher). Additionally, we manipulated the opportunities for deliberation prior to the decision. Our primary finding is that both voting and deliberation significantly increase perceived legitimacy compared with a procedure in which these components are absent. However, applying both voting and deliberation does not yield significantly higher perceived legitimacy than applying voting without deliberation. We also found that perceived influence in the decision-making process mediates the effect of both voting and deliberation, whereas the epistemic quality of the decision, which is heavily emphasized in deliberative democratic theory, gained no support as a mediator.