Please join us for a talk by Jared Abbott (Princeton University). Does increasing citizen voice in government decision-making help to reduce their disenchantment with representative democracy? Experimental evidence from Peru and the Dominican Republic finds mixed results: while these participatory institutions increase citizens' perceptions of government responsiveness, they do not have any effect on their satisfaction with democracy.

Part of Hispanic Heritage Month and the Department of Political Science Comparative Politics Colloquium

Please contact Mark Pollack with any questions.