 Egalitarianism and the democratic deconsolidation: Is democracy compatible with socialism?François Facchini and Mickael Melki Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) from HAL Abstract: The unprecedented reduction in popular support for democracy represents a risk of democratic deconsolidation. The new situation echoes old debates on the compatibility of democracy with capitalism and socialism. This article provides empirical support for the incompatibility of socialism with democracy by providing evidence suggesting that when citizens adopt egalitarianism as a supreme value, they are ready to sacrifice democracy for the sake of equality. Using individual data, we observe that the decline in support for democracy over generations and over time is accompanied by rising support for egalitarian values in US and European democracies. Moreover, democracies with stronger preferences for egalitarianism also have less public support for democracy, suggesting a tradeoff between both values. Keywords: Democracy; Egalitarianism; democratic deconsolidation; Libéralisme politique; Démocratie; Déconsolidation; inégalités (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Public Choice, 2019, ⟨10.1007/s11127-019-00744-x⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:cesptp:hal-02343003 DOI: 10.1007/s11127-019-00744-x Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) from HAL |
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