Previous research underlines that a political system's adherence to principles of distributive and procedural justice stimulates citizens' trust. Yet, most what is known about the relationship between trust derived from macro-level indicators justice, merely presuming citizens connect their in authorities institutions. Accordingly, we still lack clear understanding whether how individual percep...

Abstract Although the debate on roots of political trust is ongoing, many scholars agree relevance such factors as political/ideological distance between citizens and incumbents, responsiveness perceptions performance. Less clear to what extent evaluations are generalized or specific for three main arenas in European multilevel governance system (EU, national, local). With new data from Netherl...

In this article, we examine how political trust is associated with participation in discussions on social media and voting activity. We explore whether can provide platforms for those who are passive terms of formal participation. Our data were derived from a representative survey based sample collected 2017 the Finnish population register (N = 2470). key findings that online offline highly lin...

Abstract Survey results inflate political trust in China if the observed central government is mistaken for latent Centre. The target of country Centre, which ultimately top leader. critical issue domain assessing Centre's trustworthiness policy implementation rather than policymaking. has two dimensions: commitment to good governance and capacity discipline local officials. Observed indicates ...

Level of education is a predictor of a range of important outcomes, such as political interest and cynicism, social trust, health, well-being, and intergroup attitudes. We address a gap in the literature by analyzing the strength and stability of the education effect associated with this diverse range of outcomes across three surveys covering the period 1986-2011, including novel latent growth ...

A propensity to believe that fellow citizens will not act against our interests in social and economic transactions has been identified as key to the effective functioning of democratic polities. Yet the causes of this type of ‘generalized’ or ‘social’ trust are far from clear. To date, researchers within the social and political sciences have focused almost exclusively on social-developmental ...