Satisfaction with democracy in Chile: From norms to values

Abstract

In the current paper, a model to explain and predict the satisfaction about democracy in Chile is proposed and tested against data. This model has seven independent or predictive variables, referring to the perception of institutional-formal elements (the perception of personal economy, country economics and confidence in institutions), political preferences, presidential assessment, perception of corruption and values aspects of rights and freedoms. Thus, the model assessed the influence of values, as well as personal and contingent factors on the satisfaction with democracy. The results indicate that the satisfaction with democracy in Chile is based in the institutional macro aspects such as, trust in the institutions and economic performance; whereas value order variables were found to be less relevant for the political regime assessment.