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In pursuit of happi...
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Esaiasson, Peter,1957Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science
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In pursuit of happiness: Life satisfaction drives political support
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:gup.ub.gu.se/279507
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https://gup.ub.gu.se/publication/279507URI
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12335DOI
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It is argued in this article that citizens in democracies use their subjective well-being (SWB) as an evaluative criterion when deciding how willing they are to support and comply with government dictates (political system support). When life is satisfactory, government authorities are rewarded with support, when it is not, citizens punish authorities by withholding their support. To make sense of the relationship, it is suggested that citizens act as if they have signed a happiness contract with ‘those in power’. In support of this argument, comparative survey data shows that SWB predicts attitudes on political system support across country contexts and under strong control conditions. Establishing that the relationship is causal, panel data documents that attitudes on political system support can be undermined following the termination of a close personal relationship, and that the causal effect is mediated via changes in SWB. Finally, as predicted, the happiness-support relationship is weaker among individuals who are high on spirituality/religiousness and attribute blame for external events to both worldly and non-worldly powers.
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Dahlberg, Stefan,1975Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science(Swepub:gu)xdahst
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Kokkonen, Andrej,1978Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen,Department of Political Science(Swepub:gu)xkokan
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Göteborgs universitetStatsvetenskapliga institutionen
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Ingår i:European Journal of Political Research: Wiley59:1, s. 25-440304-41301475-6765
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