Add to ORKGPolitical trust is considered to be of crucial importance for the stability of democratic political regimes, and as such the concept is widely used in empirical research. In this paper I investigate the validity of the frequently used „institutional trust‟-scale and present recent trends within institutional trust in Europe. The results are based on the four waves of the European Social Survey (ESS 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008). Trust in political institutions has been studied as a one-dimensional as well as a multidimensional concept. Using factor analysis, I investigate the validity of a one-factor measurement model of institutional trust. In addition, I test the cross-cultural equivalence of institutional trust. In the last part of the paper, ...
A basic level of trust in the political system is considered to be the cornerstone of modern-day dem...
Successfully building new democracies depends on the development of a viable political culture that ...
Two perspectives dominate the extensive literature on the origins of institutional trust: performanc...
Within the literature, there is an ongoing debate about the dimensional structure of trust in politi...
In many countries of the Western world, we are witnessing the advance of anti-establishment politica...
Trust in political institutions is one of the key elements which make representative democracies wor...
Today, comparative social scientists have ample survey data to test the generalizability of theories...
The problem of measuring the general level of trust in public institutions is addressed. A very gene...
In the literature, two competing claims can be found on the relationship between political trust and...
Trust in political institutions is one of the key elements which make representative democracies wor...
The relevance of the macro-context for understanding political trust has been widely studied in rece...
Trust is an essential element for effective social cohesion and a correct expression of the principl...
Numerous studies into the links between interpersonal trust and confidence in state institutions hav...
This study addresses the question of what is affecting political trust in Europe. Political trust is...
Much research intro political trust—its causes, correlates and trends—builds on the twin assumptions...
A basic level of trust in the political system is considered to be the cornerstone of modern-day dem...
Successfully building new democracies depends on the development of a viable political culture that ...
Two perspectives dominate the extensive literature on the origins of institutional trust: performanc...
Within the literature, there is an ongoing debate about the dimensional structure of trust in politi...
In many countries of the Western world, we are witnessing the advance of anti-establishment politica...
Trust in political institutions is one of the key elements which make representative democracies wor...
Today, comparative social scientists have ample survey data to test the generalizability of theories...
The problem of measuring the general level of trust in public institutions is addressed. A very gene...
In the literature, two competing claims can be found on the relationship between political trust and...
Trust in political institutions is one of the key elements which make representative democracies wor...
The relevance of the macro-context for understanding political trust has been widely studied in rece...
Trust is an essential element for effective social cohesion and a correct expression of the principl...
Numerous studies into the links between interpersonal trust and confidence in state institutions hav...
This study addresses the question of what is affecting political trust in Europe. Political trust is...
Much research intro political trust—its causes, correlates and trends—builds on the twin assumptions...
A basic level of trust in the political system is considered to be the cornerstone of modern-day dem...
Successfully building new democracies depends on the development of a viable political culture that ...
Two perspectives dominate the extensive literature on the origins of institutional trust: performanc...