Political Trust and Trustworthiness [PDF]
After addressing the meaning of “trust” and “trustworthiness,” we review survey-based research on citizens' judgments of trust in governments and politicians, and historical and comparative case study research on political trust and government trustworthiness.
Margaret Levi, Laura Stoker
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Political Trust and Sophistication: Taking Measurement Seriously. [PDF]
Political trust is an important indicator of political legitimacy. Hence, seemingly decreasing levels of political trust in Western democracies have stimulated a growing body of research on the causes and consequences of political trust. However, the neglect of potential measurement problems of political trust raises doubts about the findings of ...
Turper S, Aarts K.
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Measuring Political Trust in a Modern Democracy
Systematic review of articles on the problem of measuring political trust published in such authoritative scientific journals as “European Political Science Review”, “British Journal of Politics and International Relations”, “Parliamentary Affairs ...
V. P. Kirilenko, G. V. Alekseev
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The role of social media in the political involvement of millennials [PDF]
Purpose – This study aims to examine the relationship of information quality of social media, social media reputation, social media political marketing activities, trust and political involvement of millennials.
Rahmad Solling Hamid +3 more
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Stability and change in political trust: Evidence and implications from six panel studies
. Are political attitudes a stable feature of individuals or a rational response to changing circumstances and contexts? This question has long been a feature of political science and underpins our theories of how political attitudes are formed and what ...
D. Devine, V. Valgarðsson
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Political trust in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: a meta-analysis of 67 studies
Trust in political actors and institutions has long been seen as essential for effective democratic governance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, trust was widely identified as key for mitigation of the crisis through its influence on compliance with public ...
D. Devine +6 more
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How the Internet has changed participation: Exploring distinctive preconditions of online activism
The continuously growing number of people participating in Internet-based, online, political activism suggests that the latter has the potential to replace offline forms of unconventional political participation in the future.
Elizaveta Kopacheva
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Fear and the COVID-19 rally round the flag: a panel study on political trust
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic boosted political trust in many countries. This article tests the relevance of fear of infection as the micro-level mechanism behind this rally round the flag. This study employs three-wave panel data in the Netherlands,
T. van der Meer +2 more
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Income Inequality and Political Trust: Do Fairness Perceptions Matter?
Political trust—in terms of trust in political institutions—is an important precondition for the functioning and stability of democracy. One widely studied determinant of political trust is income inequality.
Licia Bobzien
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The Structure of Political Trust in Russia: Performance and Fairness of Political Institution [PDF]
The article focuses on the issue of the origin of political trust in contemporary Russian society. Data from a survey conducted by the Russian Society of Sociologists in 2015 were used to examine the connection between political trust, interpersonal ...
Dmitriy F. Terin
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