ABSTRACT

Political culture is congruent with the regime’s form in stable democracies as well as autocracies. In contrast, hybrid regimes are unstable by nature, and the relationship between political culture and regime legitimacy remains ambiguous. How does diffuse support for democracy influence the vote for the governing party in a hybrid regime? By employing the Turkish case as an example and using four nationally representative samples, we discover that being an active citizen and participating in civic political engagement decrease the probability of voting for the governing party. Preferring a strong leader and a stable government over a democratic one and feeling satisfied with the current level of democracy have the opposite effect. Previous literature suggested the lack of a democratic political culture in Turkey. In contrast to these findings, the results show traces of civic culture and the presence of democratic notions.

摘要

政治文化与稳定的民主国家和专制国家的政权形式相一致。相比之下，混合政权本质上是不稳定的，政治文化与政权合法性之间的关系仍然模棱两可。对民主的广泛支持如何影响混合政权中执政党的投票？通过以土耳其案例为例，并使用四个具有全国代表性的样本，我们发现作为一个积极的公民并参与公民政治参与会降低投票给执政党的可能性。比起民主政府，更喜欢强大的领导人和稳定的政府，并对当前的民主水平感到满意会产生相反的效果。以前的文献表明土耳其缺乏民主政治文化。与这些发现相反，