- E-mailJonas.Linde@uib.no
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- Political behavior
- Political opinion
- Political support
- Quality of Government
- Populism
- 2016. The dynamics of the winner–loser gap in satisfaction with democracy: Evidence from a Swedish citizen panel. International Political Science Review. 1-17. doi: 10.1177/0192512116649279
- 2015. Democratic discontent in old and new democracies: Assessing the importance of democratic input and governmental output. Political Studies. 63: 18-37. doi: 10.1111/1467-9248.12170
- 2013. The Eroding Effect of Corruption on System Support in Sweden. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 26: 585-603. doi: 10.1111/gove.12004
- 2003. Satisfaction with Democracy: A Note on a Frequently Used Indicator in Comparative Politics. European Journal of Political Research. 42: 391-408.
- 2012. Why feed the hand that bites you? Perceptions of procedural fairness and system support in post-communist democracies. European Journal of Political Research. 51: 410-434. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6765.2011.02005.x
Sampol 226: Populism and its consequences for liberal democracy (Spring)
Sampol 115: Democracy and democratization (Fall)
Sampol 306: Master seminar in comparative politics (Fall)
Selected publications
Articles in international peer review journals
(2022) "A Nativist Divide? Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Diffuse Regime Support in Western Europe", European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12551 (with Andrej Kokkonen).
(2021) "Nativist Attitudes and Opportunistic Support for Democracy", West European Politics, online first. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2021.2007459 (with Andrej Kokkonen)
(2021) "A tough trade-off? The asymmetrical impact of populist radical right inclusion on satisfaction with democracy and government”, European Political Science Review 13 (1): 113-133. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755773920000387 (with Eelco Harteveld, Andrej Kokkonen & Stefan Dahlberg)
(2020) "Responsiveness, support, and responsibility: How democratic responsiveness facilitates responsible government", Party Politics 26 (3): 291–304. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818763986 (with Yvette Peters).
(2020) "How Populism and Polarization Affect Europe's Liberal Democracies", Politics and Governance 8 (3): 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.17645/pag.v8i3.3460 (with Marlene Mauk and Heidi Schulze).
(2020) "Gen(d)eralized trust: An experimental approach to interpersonal trust and gender sensitivity", Comparative Sociology 19 (2): 237–258. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-BJA10010 (with Cornelius Cappelen and Petrus Olander)
(2019) "Conditional Legitimacy: How Turnout, Majority Size and Outcome Affect Perceptions of Legitimacy in EU Membership Referendums", European Union Politics 20 (2): 176–197. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116518820163 (with Sveinung Arnesen, Troy Saghaug Broderstad and Mikael Poul Johannesson).
(2018) "Socialization or Experience? Institutional Trust and Political Support among Emigrants in Different Institutional Settings", The Journal of Politics Vol 80, No. 4 https://doi.org/10.1086/698661 (with Stefan Dahlberg).
(2018) "Unraveling Semi-Presidentialism: Democracy and Government Performance in Four Distinct Regime Types", Democratization, Vol. 25, No. 1: 136-157. doi 10.1080/13510347.2017.1334643 (with Thomas Sedelius)
(2017) "Do Polls Influence Opinions? Testing the Spiral of Silence Using a Dynamic Response Feedback Experimental Procedure", Social Science Computer Review, Online first, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439317731721. (with Sveinung Arnesen, Mikael Johannessen and Stefan Dahlberg).
(2017) "The Dynamics of the Winner-Loser Gap in Satisfaction with Democracy: Evidence from a Swedish Citizen Panel", International Political Science Review, Vol. 38, No. 5: 525-541. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192512116649279.(with Stefan Dahlberg)
(2016) "Losing Happily? The Mitigating Effect of Democracy and Quality of Government on the Winner-Loser Gap in Political Support", International Journal of Public Administration Vol. 39, No. 9: 652-664 (with Stefan Dahlberg)
(2016), "Distrust in Utopia? Public Perceptions of Corruption and System Support in Iceland Before and After the Financial Crisis of 2008", Government and Opposition, Vol. 51, No. 4, 553-579. DOI: 10.1017/gov.2014.46 (with Gissur Ó Erlingsson & Richard Öhrvall)
(2015), "Democratic discontent in old and new democracies: Assessing the importance of democratic input and governmental output", Political Studies, Vol. 63, No. S1, 18-37 (Thematic issue on Governance, Trust and Democracy). (with Stefan Dahlberg & Sören Holmberg)
(2014), "Not so Fair After All? Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and Satisfaction with Democracy in the Nordic Welfare States", International Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 37, No. 2. (with Gissur Ó Erlingsson & Richard Öhrvall)
(2013), "The Eroding Effect of Corruption on System Support in Sweden", Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions, Vol. 26, No. 4, 585-603. (with Gissur Ó Erlingsson)
(2013), "The Dictator's New Clothes: E-participation and Quality of Government in Non-Democratic Regimes", International Journal of Public Administration 36, 269-281. (with Martin Karlsson)
(2012), "Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors", Government Information Quarterly Vol. 29, No. 2: 142-150. (with Joachim Åström, Martin Karlsson & Ali Pirannejad)
(2012), "Why Feed the Hand that Bites You? Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and System Support in Post-Communist Democracies", European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 51, No. 3, 410-434.
(2012), "Making and Breaking Political Legitimacy in Post-Communist Democracies: The Quality of Government Effect", Politics in Central Europe Vol. 8, No. 1, 35-63.
(2005), "Communist Nostalgia and the Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe", Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics , Vol. 21, No. 3, 354–374. (with Joakim Ekman)
(2004), "Public Support for Democracy in the New EU Member States", Perspectives. The Central European Review of International Affairs, No. 21, 39–54. (with Joakim Ekman)
(2003), "Satisfaction with Democracy: A Note on Frequently Used Indicator in Comparative Politics", European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 42, No. 3, 391–408. (with Joakim Ekman)
(2003), "Beyond the Transitology-Area Studies Debate", Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 40, No. 4, 3–16. (with Steven Saxonberg)
Chapters in edited volumes
(2023) "Hvilken type demokrati vil norske velgere ha?", in Johannes Bergh & Atle H. Haugsgjerd (eds.), Politikk i urolige tider. En studie av stortingsvalget 2021. Oslo: Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
(2021) "Quality of Government and Political Support", in Marcia Grimes, Bo Rothstein, Monika Baur and Andreas Bågenholm, eds, The Oxford Handbook of Quality of Government. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (with Stefan Dahlberg)
(2016) "Democratic Discontent in Times of Crisis?", in Yvette Peters and Michaël Tatham, eds, Democratic Transformations in Europe 31: Challenges and Prospects. Routlege. (with Stefan Dahlberg)
(2016) "Utlandssvenskars tillfredsställelse med demokratins funktionssätt", in Maria Solevid (ed.), Svenska utlandsröster. Gothenburg: SOM-institutet. (with Stefan Dahlberg).
(2011), "Patterns of Stability and Performance in Post-Communist Hybrid Regimes", in Bakke, Elisabeth & Ingo Peters (eds.), 20 Years Since the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Transitions, State-Breakup and Democratic Politics in Central Europe and Germany. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag. (with Joakim Ekman)
(2011), "Den motvilliga europén", i Oscarsson, Henrik & Sören Holmberg, red,Väljarbeteende i Europaval. Göteborg: Valforskningsprogrammet. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2011), "Korruption i Sverige", i Hellberg, Ann-Sofie et al., red, Perspektiv på offentlig verksamhet i utveckling: Tolv kapitel om demokrati, styrning och effektivitet. FOVU:s rapportserie nr. 1. Örebro: Örebro universitet. (med Gissur Ó Erlingsson)
(2010), "Ambivalenta demokrater? En jämförande studie av stöd för demokrati och dess alternativ", i Joakim Ekman och Jonas Linde, red, Politik, protest, populism. Deltagande på nya villkor. Malmö: Liber.
(2010), "Inledning", i Joakim Ekman och Jonas Linde, red, Politik, protest, populism – Deltagande på nya villkor. Malmö: Liber. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2010), "Tendenser och utmaningar", i Joakim Ekman och Jonas Linde, red, Politik, protest, populism – Deltagande på nya villkor. Malmö: Liber (med Joakim Ekman)
(2009), "Fond Memories of Dictatorships? Nostalgia and Support for Democracy in Post-Communist Europe", in Uwe Backeds, Tytus Jaskulowski & Abel Polese, eds,Totalitarismus und Transformation: Defizite der Demokratiekonsolidierung in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Göttingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht. (with Joakim Ekman)
(2009), "Demokrati och Demokratisering i Östeuropa", in Björklund, Fredrika & Johnny Rodin, red, Det nya Östeuropa: Stat och nation i förändring. Lund: Studentlitteratur. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2004), "An Assessment of Support for Democracy in the New EU Member States", i Algimantas Jankauskas et al. (red), Central Europe Beyond Double Enlargement. Vilnius: Lithuanian Political Science Association, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University & Konrad Adenauer Foundation. (with Sten Berglund och Joakim Ekman)
Other academic articles
(2011), "Det svenska korruptionsproblemet", Ekonomisk debatt, Vol. 39, No. 8, 5-18. (with Gissur Ó Erlingsson)
(2009), "Rosorna som vissnade? En intervjustudie av demokratiattityder bland georgiska medborgare", Nordisk Østforum, Vol. 23, No. 1, 5-28. (med Viktor Hultgren och Clara Sandelind)
(2008), "Den ’goda’ demokratin? En kartläggning av demokratins kvalitet i de postkommunistiska EU-medlemsstaterna", Nordisk Østforum, Vol. 22, No. 1, 31-53.
(2007), "Hybridregimer: Förändrade förutsättningar för demokrati och demokratibistånd", Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, Vol. 109, No. 2. (med Joakim Ekman och Thomas Sedelius)
(2003), "Demokrati och nostalgi i Central- och Östeuropa", Nordisk Østforum, Nr 1, 2003, 65–84. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2002), "Svensk östeuropaforskning och det nya Europa", Nordisk Østforum, Nr 1, 2002, 19–32. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2000), "Forskningen om Östeuropa: Områdesforskning, komparativ statsvetenskap och internationell politik", Politologen , Nr. 1, 2000. (med Joakim Ekman)
Monographs and edited volumes
(2014), Demokratiseringsprocesser: Nya perspektiv och utmaningar (andra upplagan). Lund: Studentlitteratur. (with Joakim Ekman & Thomas Sedelius).
(2010), Politik, protest, populism. Deltagande på nya villkor. Malmö: Liber (red. med Joakim Ekman)
(2006), Demokratiseringsprocesser. Teoretiska ansatser och empiriska studier. Lund: Studentlitteratur. (med Joakim Ekman)
(2004), Doubting Democrats? A Comparative Analysis of Support for Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Örebro: Örebro Studies in Political Science 10. [Doctoral dissertation]
Publications in Cristin:
- (2023). Hvilken type demokrati vil norske velgere ha? 24 pages.
- (2022). The impact of radical right government policies on perceptions of representation: Evidence from a survey experiment in Norway.
- (2022). The (Alleged) Consequences of Affective Polarization: Individual-Level Evidence & a Survey Experiment in 9 Countries.
- (2022). A nativist divide? Anti-immigration attitudes and diffuse support for democracy in Western Europe. European Journal of Political Research.
- (2021). Vehicles of democratic dissatisfaction? Populist radical right electoral success and satisfaction with democracy in Europe 1976-2019.
- (2021). Sverigedemokratenes posisjon i svensk politikk.
- (2021). Quality of Government and Political Support. 21 pages.
- (2021). Nativist attitudes and opportunistic support for democracy. West European Politics. 25 pages.
- (2021). Nativism and democracy: Are nativists principled or opportunistic supporters of unconstrained forms of democratic decision-making? .
- (2021). Epoken Erna Solberg är över efter åtta år.
- (2021). A tough trade-off? The asymmetrical impact of populist radical right inclusion on satisfaction with democracy and government. European Political Science Review.
- (2020). How populism and polarization affect Europe’s liberal democracies. Politics and Governance. 1-5.
- (2020). Gen(d)eralized trust: An experimental approach to interpersonal trust and gender sensitivity. Comparative Sociology. 237-258.
- (2019). The will of the silent majority? Nativism, direct democracy, and majority rule in ten western democracies.
- (2019). The will of the silent majority? .
- (2019). The Bounded Legitimacy of Majority Rule.
- (2019). Sverigedemokratene fosser frem.
- (2019). Conditional Legitimacy: How Turnout, Majority Size and Outcome Affect Perceptions of Legitimacy in EU Membership Referendums. European Union Politics. 176-197.
- (2019). A tough trade-off? The diverging effects of populist radical right parties' inclusion in government on (non-)nativists' satisfaction with democracy and government.
- (2018). Socialization or Experience? Institutional Trust and Satisfaction with Democracy among Emigrants in Different Institutional Settings. Journal of Politics. 1389-1393.
- (2018). Responsiveness, Support, and Responsibility: How Democratic Responsiveness Facilitates Responsible Government. Party Politics. 1-14.
- (2018). By What Authority? Uncovering the Conditional Mandate from Referendums.
- (2018). By What Authority? Uncovering the Conditional Mandate from Referendums.
- (2017). Unravelling Semi-Presidentialism: Democracy and Government Performance in Four Distinct Regime Types. Democratization. 136-157.
- (2017). Understanding the Uneven Playing Field. The Multifaceted Role of Unfair Electoral Competition in a Non-Democratic Regime.
- (2017). The winner-loser gap and satisfaction with democracy. Saktuelt.
- (2017). Referendums as the wiggle room of democracy.
- (2017). Experience and Socialization: Political Trust and Satisfaction with Democracy among Expatriated Swedes in Different Institutional Contexts.
- (2017). Do Polls Influence Opinions? Testing the Spiral of Silence using a Dynamic Response Feedback Algorithm. 1. 1. .
- (2017). Do Polls Influence Opinions? Investigating Poll Feedback Loops Using the Novel Dynamic Response Feedback Experimental Procedure. Social science computer review. 735-743.
- (2017). Democracy and Government Performance: Parliamentarism, Premier-Presidentialism, President-Parliamentarism, and Presidentialism. Presidential Power. Presidents and presidential politics around the world.
- (2017). Comparing the meaning of democracy from online data with survey responses in Norway.
- (2016). Utlandssvenskars tillfredsställelse med demokratins funktionssätt. 23 pages.
- (2016). The dynamics of the winner–loser gap in satisfaction with democracy: Evidence from a Swedish citizen panel. International Political Science Review. 1-17.
- (2016). The Contextual Impact on Political Support: Satisfaction with Democracy Among Expatriated Swedes.
- (2016). Socialization or experience? Institutional trust and political support among expatriated Swedes in different institutional settings.
- (2016). Losing happily? The mitigating effect of democracy and quality of government on the winner–loser gap in political support. International Journal of Public Administration. 652-664.
- (2016). Distrust in Utopia? Public Perceptions of Corruption and Political Support in Iceland before and after the Financial Crisis of 2008. Government and Opposition. 553-579.
- (2016). Democratic Representation and Trust: How Responsiveness Facilitates Responsibility.
- (2016). Democratic Discontent in Times of Crisis?
- (2016). Are semi-presidential regimes worse than others? Government performance and democracy in four different regime types .
- (2015). Valgets egentlige helter. Bergens Tidende.
- (2015). The Winner-Loser Gap in Satisfaction with Democracy Over Time: Evidence from a Swedish Citizen Panel. 2015:1. 2015:1. .
- (2015). Not only measuring but also shaping the opinion? A time-series survey experiment on the effect of polls on public opinion.
- (2015). Losing more happily? The mediating effect of democracy and quality of government on the winner-loser gap in political support.
- (2015). Democratic discontent in old and new democracies: Assessing the importance of democratic input and governmental output. Political Studies. 18-37.
- (2014). – Politikarane undervurderer effekten av gode kontaktar.
- (2014). The stability of the winner-loser gap in political support: Evidence from a Swedish citizen panel.
- (2014). The Dynamics of the Winner-Loser Gap: The Case of Sweden.
- (2014). Section Chair "The Functioning of Representative Democracy: Processes Linking Citizens and the State".
- (2014). Riksdagsvalet i Sverige 2014.
- (2014). Panel Chair "Quality of Democracy and Legitimacy".
- (2014). Några reflektioner kring skrivande och publicering.
- (2014). Not so fair after all? Perceptions of procedural fairness and satisfaction with democracy in the Nordic welfare states. International Journal of Public Administration. 106-119.
- (2014). Komparativ politik, demokratisering och hybridregimer.
- (2014). Kommentarer om valet i Sverige.
- (2014). Kommentar om valet i Sverige.
- (2014). Kommentar om valet i Sverige.
- (2014). Intervju om svensk politik.
- (2014). History Matters: A quantitative assessment of the impact of historical legacies on levels of post-communist corruption.
- (2014). Expert i TV2 Nyhetskanalens direktsända bevakning av valet i Sverige.
- (2014). Demokratiseringsprocesser: Nya perspektiv och utmaningar. Studentlitteratur AB.
- (2014). Democratic Discontent in Old and New Democracies: Assessing the Importance of Democratic Input and Governmental Output.
- (2014). Democratic Discontent in Old and New Democracies.
- (2014). Avlyser nyvalget i Sverige.
- (2014). Assessing the stability of the winner-loser gap in political support: Evidence from a Swedish citizen panel.
- (2014). "Löfven har startet partnerjakten" Kommentar om valet i Sverige.
- (2014). "Kan forandre Sverige".
- (2014). "Forsker tror på samarbeid over blokkene i Sverige".
- (2013). The Eroding Effect of Corruption on System Support in Sweden. Governance. An International Journal of Policy, Administration and Institutions. 585-603.
- (2013). The Dictator's New Clothes: The Relationship Between E-Participation and Quality of Government in Non-Democratic Regimes. International Journal of Public Administration. 269-281.
- (2013). Problems and perceptions of corruption in ‘least corrupt countries’.
- (2013). Distrust in Utopia?
- (2013). Distrust in Utopia: Public perceptions of corruption and political support in Iceland before and after the financial crisis of 2008.
- (2013). Dissatisfied Democrats: A Matter of Representation or Performance?
- (2013). Dissatisfied Democrats: A Matter of Representation or Performance? 8. 8. .
- (2013). CRASH IN ECONOMY, CRASH IN CONFIDENCE: Perceptions of corruption and political support in Iceland before and after the financial crisis. 16. 16. .
- (2012). Why feed the hand that bites you? Perceptions of procedural fairness and system support in post-communist democracies. European Journal of Political Research. 410-434.
- (2012). Understanding the rise of e-participation in non-democracies: Domestic and international factors. Government Information Quarterly: an international journal of information technology management, policies, and practices. 142-150.
- (2012). The dictator’s new clothes: E-participation and quality of government in non-democratic regimes.
- (2012). The Dictator's New Clothes: E-participation and Quality of Government in Non-Democratic Regimes.
- (2012). Perceptions of Procedural Fairness and Satisfaction with Democracy in the Nordic Welfare States. 19. 19. .
- (2012). Not so fair after all? The harmful effect of perceived procedural (un)fairness on satisfaction with democracy in the Nordic countries.
- (2012). Not so fair after all? The effect of procedural fairness on system support in the Nordic welfare states.
- (2012). Making and Breaking Political Legitimacy in Post-Communist Democracies: The Quality of Government Effect. Politics in Central Europe. 35-63.
- (2012). Elections in hybrid regimes: Assessing the Formal and Informal Underpinnings of Electoral Contests in Africa, Post-Communist Eurasia and the Middle East.
- (2011). The Effect of Public Perceptions of Corruption on System Support: The Case of Sweden. 3. 3. .
- (2011). Svensk korruption mer än bara repor i fasaden. Dagens nyheter.
- (2011). Perceptions of (Im)Partiality and its Impact on System Support in Post-Communist Europe.
- (2011). Patterns of Stability and Performance in Post-Communist Hybrid Regimes. 22 pages.
- (2011). Making and Breaking Political Legitimacy in Post-Communist Democracies: The Quality of Government Effect.
- (2011). Korruption i Sverige. 16 pages.
- (2011). Det svenska korruptionsproblemet. Ekonomisk Debatt. 5-18.
- (2010). Tendenser och utmaningar. 9 pages.
- (2010). Politik, protest, populism. Deltagande på nya villkor. Liber.
- (2010). Inledning. 27 pages.
- (2010). Den motvillige europén. 12 pages.
- (2010). Ambivalenta demokrater? En jämförande studie av stöd för demokrati och dess alternativ. 30 pages.
- (2009). Why Feed the Hand that Bites You? Quality of Government and System Support in the Post-Communist EU Member States. 20. 20. .
- (2009). Rosorna som vissnade? En intervjustudie av demokratiattityder bland georgiska medborgare. Nordisk Østforum. 5-28.
- (2009). Into the Gray Zone: The Recent Trend of 'Hybridization' of Political Regimes. 7. 7. .
- (2009). Fond Memories of Dictatorships? Nostalgia and Support for Democracy in Post-Communist Europe. 20 pages.
- (2009). Demokratisering i det postkommunistiska Europa. 28 pages.
- (2008). Nya demokratier. 40 pages.
- (2008). Den 'goda' demokratin? En kartläggning av demokratins kvalitet i de postkommunistiska EU-medlemsstaterna. Nordisk Østforum. 31-53.
- (2007). Hybridregimer: Förändrade förutsättningar för demokrati och demokratibistånd. Statsvetenskaplig Tidsskrift.
- (2007). Coping with Change: Attitudinal Consolidation in Thirteen Post-Communist Countries. .
- (2006). Demokratiseringsprocesser. Teoretiska ansatser och empiriska studier. Studentlitteratur AB.
- (2006). Demokratiopinioner i Europa: Ett medborgar- och transformationsperspektiv på demokratins utveckling i EU.
- (2005). Sources of Institutional Trust in Central and Eastern Europe. .
- (2005). Communist Nostalgia and the Consolidation of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics. 354-374.
- (2004). Public Support for Democracy in the New EU Member States. Perspectives. 39-54.
- (2004). Doubting Democrats? A Comparative Analysis of Support for Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
- (2004). An Assessment of Support for Democracy in the New EU Member States.
- (2003). Satisfaction with Democracy: A Note on a Frequently Used Indicator in Comparative Politics. European Journal of Political Research. 391-408.
- (2003). Demokrati och nostalgi i Central- och Östeuropa. Nordisk Østforum. 65-84.
- (2003). Beyond the Transitology-Area Studies Debate. Problems of Post-Communism. 3-16.
- (2002). Svensk östeuropaforskning och det nya Europa. Nordisk Østforum. 19-32.
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Democracy in an Age of Populism, funded by the Research Council of Norway (2018-2023)