ERC Consolidator Grant · 2024
Motivations, causes and consequences of losers’ consent and its breakdown in established democracies
Losers’ consent is both a foundation of democracy and one of the big puzzles in political science. In democracies, elections divide citizens between winners and losers, and the expectation is that losers consent to be ruled by the winners. Despite the established notion that losers' consent is fundamental to democracy, recent events like the 2021 Capitol attack in the U.S. and the 2023 Congress attack in Brazil highlight its fragility. Without the losers’ consent, democracies are in danger. This project addresses three central questions: 1) how can we conceptualize and measure consent; 2) which are the determinants of the losers’ consent and its breakdown, and 3) what are the consequences…
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