Developing political trust in a developing country: the impact of institutional and cultural factors on political trust in Ghana

Godefroidt, Amélie; Langer, Arnim; Meuleman, Bart

doi:10.1080/13510347.2016.1248416

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“…This goes against the previous work of Schildkraut (2011), who found no such link in the US, but who in contrast to us did not control for national chauvinism. Our results resonate more with findings from Ghana (Godefroidt et al, 2017) and Austria (Gangl et al, 2016). As Yael Tamir (2019) has recently suggested but not empirically verified, national pride could thus indeed be an interesting candidate for counteracting the worrying trend of declining trust in political institutions and elites, which seems to be driving voters into the arms of populist movements and protest parties (Dustmann et al, 2017;Hooghe and Dassonneville, 2018)on the condition, of course, that this pride qualifies as an 'inclusive patriotism' (Mounk, 2018), pertaining to conceptions of the national identity that are cultural or civic rather than ethnic in their content.…”

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National identity, a blessing or a curse? The divergent links from national attachment, pride, and chauvinism to social and political trust

Gustavsson

Stendahl

2020

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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Is it true that national identity increases trust, as liberal nationalists assume? Recent research has studied this side of the ‘national identity argument’ by focusing on conceptions of the content of national identity (often civic or ethnic) and their links to social, rather than political, trust. This paper argues that if we take social identity theory seriously, however, we need to complement this picture by asking how varying the strength – rather than the content – of a person’s sense of their national identity affects both their social and political trust. We break down the different dimensions of national identity, hypothesizing and empirically verifying that there are divergent links from national attachment, national pride, and national chauvinism to social and political trust. We do so with data from the US (General Social Survey) and the Netherlands (Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences ), thus expanding current knowledge of national identity and trust to a highly relevant yet neglected European case.

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confidence: 91%

National identity, a blessing or a curse? The divergent links from national attachment, pride, and chauvinism to social and political trust

Gustavsson

Stendahl

2020

Eur. Pol. Sci. Rev.

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“…Trust is considered a cornerstone for democracy, as it enhances the legitimacy, validity, and sustainability of governments by connecting citizens with public institutions (Godefroidt, Langer, & Meuleman, 2017).…”

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Effective Transparency and Institutional Trust in Honduran Municipal Governments

Estrada

Bastida

2019

Administration & Society

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This article investigates trust in Honduran Municipal Governments and shows that transparency and municipal services quality impact on trust. We posit the Theory of Effective Transparency: relevant information should be reported; transparency should be based on unbiased information; and municipal data should be comparable with other municipal governments. Municipalities where one political party has an overall majority are trusted more, and audited financial statements generate a positive impact on trust. Engagement and participation also affect trust. As a practical implication, municipal governments should increase trust by involving citizens in municipal issues. Finally, quality of democracy is connected with greater trust.

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“…According to Creswell (1998) a minimum of five (5) and maximum of twenty-five (25) respondents are used in a qualitative research and when it reaches a point of saturation, the researcher can stop from there. This research work, therefore, made use of a total number of ten (10) respondents from academics and the graduates who are unemployed were interviewed and we stopped at ten respondents due to the fact that the work reached a point of saturation where there was nothing new from the respondents in contributing to knowledge.…”

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Unemployment, Psychological Trauma, Militancy and Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria

Terwase

Terwase²,

Puldu

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<p>The issue of unemployment has bedeviled the development of many countries especially when the youths who are trained in various skills of human endeavor find it difficult in getting job opportunities. This research work has focused on the impact of unemployment with specific attention to Nigeria. The country over the years from 2009 to date witnessed a series of attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group whose membership mostly are the youths. The main objective of this research is to examine the impact of unemployment as it causes psychological trauma, frustration and aggression thereby resulting to a state of insecurity. The work made use of qualitative research design through the conduct of interviews. The work also made use of other sources such as journal publications and internet sources. The findings drawn from this research reveal that some of the youths who engage in terrorist attacks against the Nigerian state are unemployed while some could be due to poverty and illiteracy. The issues raised could cause psychological trauma to the victims especially those whose relatives lost their lives as well as those who are internally displaced. The work, therefore, recommends a new public policy framework as a strategy in resolving the conflict in order to sustain peace and security of the country. </p>

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Developing political trust in a developing country: the impact of institutional and cultural factors on political trust in Ghana

Cited by 56 publications

References 30 publications

National identity, a blessing or a curse? The divergent links from national attachment, pride, and chauvinism to social and political trust

National identity, a blessing or a curse? The divergent links from national attachment, pride, and chauvinism to social and political trust

Effective Transparency and Institutional Trust in Honduran Municipal Governments

Unemployment, Psychological Trauma, Militancy and Boko Haram Conflict in Nigeria

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