Description du projet
Les vecteurs du mécontentement politique
La confiance du grand public dans les institutions politiques décline, et les Européens se tournent de plus en plus vers le populisme. Bien que ce phénomène ne soit pas nouveau, les principaux vecteurs du mécontentement politique restent incompris. Le projet POLTRUSTLAB, financé par le CER, collectera l’ensemble de données le plus détaillé au niveau individuel sur les perceptions, les croyances et les attitudes. Il recourra à des enquêtes pour découvrir les modes de raisonnement qui permettent d’établir un lien entre les chocs économiques et le mécontentement politique. Cette nouvelle méthodologie étudiera les vecteurs fondamentaux du mécontentement politique et examinera les réponses des partis traditionnels et des discours populistes en tant que facteurs potentiels de médiation. Elle étudiera également la manière dont la confiance dans le système politique peut être restaurée.
Objectif
In the last years, the world has experienced an unprecedented increase in the fraction of people that have lost their confidence in political institutions and have started supporting populist candidates. While a rapidly growing literature in social sciences has investigated this phenomenon, current research methodologies face important limitations. Existing studies have limited measures of political attitudes and provide little evidence on the mechanisms behind the increase in distrust. In this project, I propose a radically different approach to tackle this question. I plan to conduct extensive data collection through online surveys in multiple countries and periods. I will combine this novel data with extensive use of survey experiments and quasi-experimental approaches. This methodology has the potential to significantly expand the research frontier in the study of political discontent. First, I plan to collect the most detailed individual-level panel dataset on perceptions, beliefs, and attitudes. Second, the use of survey experiments provides a unique toolkit uncover the ?mental model? of individuals (i.e. their modes of reasoning that generate a link between a shock and ultimate political discontent). This novel methodology will be applied to answer two main questions: (1) What are the fundamental drivers of political discontent? I will examine the effects of a number of different economic and cultural shocks on discontent and distrust. In the uncovering of the mechanisms, I will pay special attention two key mediating factors: the policy response to shocks of traditional parties and the exposure to populist and nativist narratives. The second research question is: (2) How can trust in the political system be regained? Using a number of experimental and quasi-experimental designs, I will investigate whether exposure to safety-net policies can help individuals to regain trust in the political system.
Champ scientifique
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Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-ERC - HORIZON ERC GrantsInstitution d’accueil
28014 Madrid
Espagne
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.