Trust and accountability in times of crisis - Martinez‐Bravo . . . We call this the ‘blame-shifting effect’ In these regions, the negative information does not reduce voting intention for the regional incumbent government These results suggest that political accountability may be particularly difficult in settings with high polarization and where areas of responsibility are not clearly delineated
Fifty Years of Declining Confidence Increasing Polarization . . . Abstract Except for the military and science, confidence in most American political and non-political institutions has fallen precipitously over the past fifty years Declines in trust are partly the result of dissatisfaction with governmental and institutional accountability and concomitant skepticism about the competency and responsiveness of institutions Declines are also the result of a
Social Trust in Polarized Times: How Perceptions of Political . . . By asking about the American public specifically, these questions provide a good measure for this study, which seeks to understand the effect of perceptions of mass-level polarization rather than polarization among political elites Overall, there is a significant increase in mean perceived polarization over the five-year study period (see
HOW CAN WE BUILD TRUST IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS? IPPR hosted a research roundtable on trust in politics and public institutions in November 2020, with a range of expert stakeholders from across academia and civil society The conversation focussed on understanding contemporary challenges in relation to political trust, and what public policy action might build greater trust across the UK
(PDF) Political Trust in Polarized Times - ResearchGate In the case of the US, in-group affective polarisation produced by positive ingroup sentiments among members of the same political group increases trust in the main institutions of democracy
Political Trust in Polarized Times - SpringerLink Political scientists have debated whether explanations of political trust levels are best informed by the public’s assessment of the political system or of evaluations of individual politicians In times when partisan polarization is a salient feature of the political arena, we contend that both are important
Distrust, Political Polarization, and America’s Challenged . . . What I can say is that the idea implies something that is more transactional and focused on back-end accountability: you trust police to do certain things, and then they harm you We have seen too many instances of this on social media Instances of police doing horrific things but also just being less civil and less polite