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Familiarity and Trust: Explaining Trust in Government through Ethno-racial Differences
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Abstract The paper investigates whether generalized trust in government varies among ethnic groups in a society. Theories on trust predominantly explain such institutional trust by the capabilities and intentions of the trusted actors, and research into trust is mainly done at the individual level measuring ... mehr
The paper investigates whether generalized trust in government varies among ethnic groups in a society. Theories on trust predominantly explain such institutional trust by the capabilities and intentions of the trusted actors, and research into trust is mainly done at the individual level measuring whether individual characteristics of the trustee and trusted one has explanatory power. Meanwhile, this paper analyzes the institutional trust at the macro (country) level. Based on a comparative study among 27 countries, this paper argues that there are significant differences between ethnic groups regarding their trust in the country's government and that significant effects are visible with the country's income inequality and one of Hofstede's dimensions of national culture, namely 'power distance'. This is an important finding as it calls for multi-level analyses when explaining institutional trust. Trust is not only dependent on the individual characteristics of the trusted one and the trustee but also on macro-level variables.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
ISSP; Vertrauen; Regierung; ethnische Gruppe; Macht; Einkommensunterschied; politisches System
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
International Social Survey Programme: Citizenship II - ISSP 2014 (ZA6670 v2.0.0); power distance
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2021
Seitenangabe
S. 397-410
Zeitschriftentitel
Viešoji politika ir administravimas : mokslo darbai, 20 (2021) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.20.3.28518
ISSN
2029-2872
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)