15:30 - 17:45
Friday-Panel
Chair/s:
Lukas Rudolph, Tina Margarete Freyburg
Discussant/s:
Lukas Rudolph, Tina Margarete Freyburg
Section A - Meeting Room D

Ellen Lust
Clientelism, Credibility, and Context

Edgar Cook, Jan Vogler
What Determines American Citizens' Views of the Administrative State? The Roles of Political Affiliation, Value Systems, Experience, and Bureaucratic Performance

Tina Freyburg, Lisa Garbe, Keith McManamen
Ownership of telecom companies and internet disruptions

Kristen Kao, Ellen Lust
Signal of Strength? Clientelism and Voters’ Expectations of Politicians’ Performance in Malawi and Zambia


Section B - Meeting Room S

Amuitz Garmendia Madariaga, Sandra Leon
Evidence of In-group and Out-group Dynamics in Subcentral Benchmarking

Francesco Granella
Campaign money for nothing? Understanding the consequences of a ban on corporate contributions: evidence from Brazil

Lukas Rudolph, Franziska Quoss, Thomas Bernauer
NIMBYism and mass public preferences in public goods provision – evidence from mobile phone antenna placement in Switzerland
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What Determines American Citizens' Views of the Administrative State? The Roles of Political Affiliation, Value Systems, Experience, and Bureaucratic Performance
Edgar Cook 1, Jan Vogler 2
1 Duke University
2 University of Virginia

What determines American citizens’ views of the administrative state? For decades, the political discourse in the US has revolved around the question of what the role of government in society should be. A crucial component of this discourse is how American citizens perceive the administrative state, with views ranging from very positive attitudes to complete opposition and open hostility. In this study, based on an original survey with more than 1,100 participants, we present a comprehensive analysis of the factors that influence Americans’ attitudes toward the bureaucracy. Among others, we explore the roles that value systems, political affiliation, personal experience, and information about bureaucratic performance play. We empirically compare and contrast the relative influence of these factors in shaping individual perceptions of governmental institutions.

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