Changes and Political Support: What Is the Role of Context?

What is the state of satisfaction with democracy and political trust in Europe? What can explain over-time changes and cross-national differences in the evaluative side of political support? Are the contextual factors linked to the input—power distribution and representation—and the output—quality of government, economic performance and inequality—sides of the political system important? How do individual-level heterogeneities come into the picture? Finally, does the context affect individual differences in political support? This concluding chapter summarizes the main findings of the empirical analyses addressing this book’s research questions, and it discusses their main implications and avenues for future research.