How Trust Matters: The Changing Political Relevance of Political Trust

Hetherington, Marc J.; Husser, Jason A.

doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2011.00548.x

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“…Prior research has generally considered political trust to be about people's satisfaction with their governments' overall performance (e.g., Hetherington 2005;Hetherington and Husser 2012;Hetherington and Rudolph 2015;Rudolph 2009;Rudolph and Evans 2005). In contrast, the present study isolates cynicism-perceptions of a lack of honesty and integrity on the part of public officials-and finds that this sentiment by itself exercises considerable influence on people's attitudes.…”

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When Will People Pay to Pollute? Environmental Taxes, Political Trust and Experimental Evidence from Britain

Fairbrother¹

2017

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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This article presents results from survey experiments investigating conditions under which Britons are willing to pay taxes on polluting activities. People are no more willing if revenues are hypothecated for spending on environmental protection, while making such taxes more relevant to people – by naming petrol and electricity as products to which they will apply – has a modestly negative effect. Public willingness increases sharply if people are told that new environmental taxes would be offset by cuts to other taxes, but political distrust appears to undermine much of this effect. Previous studies have argued that political trust shapes public opinion with respect to environmental and many other policies. But this article provides the first experimental evidence suggesting that the relationship is causal, at least for one specific facet: cynicism about public officials’ honesty and integrity. The results suggest a need to make confidence in the trustworthiness of public officials and their promises more central to conceptualizations of political trust.

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When Will People Pay to Pollute? Environmental Taxes, Political Trust and Experimental Evidence from Britain

Fairbrother¹

2017

Brit. J. Polit. Sci.

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“…Legitimacy is a resource that frees governments to undertake programs that are unpopular in the short run (Dalton, 2004;Hetherington, 1998;Hetherington & Husser, 2011;Levi & Stoker, 2000). Enduring support for a regime's institutions and values thus contributes to its effectiveness and stability, as well as to a polity's ability to fend off non-democratic challenges (Easton, 1965;Lipset, 1959).…”

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Multicultural Policy and Political Support in European Democracies

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Levy

Wright

2014

Comparative Political Studies

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In response to growing demographic diversity, European countries have selectively implemented political multiculturalism, a set of policies that seek to redefine prevailing conceptions of national identity. We explore the consequences of such policies for mass political support. Applying multi-level modeling to the 2002 and 2010 waves of the European Social Survey and analyzing multiple dependent variables including trust in regime institutions and assessments of the government of the day and the political system's performance, we show that the extensive adoption of multicultural policies magnifies the degree to which hostility to immigration is negatively associated with political support. This finding, robust to multiple specifications, is corroborated using European Values Survey data. It underscores how policies that challenge citizens' conceptions of national identity strengthen the link between opposition to immigration and political discontent, furnishing ongoing opportunities for rightist fringe parties to capitalize on anti-immigrant sentiment among the politically alienated.

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“…Empirical research undertaken has also confirmed that the absence of voter trust has a profound impact on voting behaviour (Hetherington, 2005;Hetherington & Husser, 2012;Pauwels, 2010). (Pauwels, 2010).…”

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“…If the government is delivering on its promises, trust is enhanced and if it doesn't, colossal trust deficit prevails. Just as much as trust plays a pivotal role in the business arena, it also plays a huge role in the political arena and is a cornerstone of citizen support, it enhances citizen co-operation and compliance with government demands such as taxpaying and fortifies political participation through elections (Hetherington & Husser, 2012). The concept of customer loyalty has occupied centre stage in marketing literature as it is regarded as one of the company's most enduring assets.…”

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The Influence of Political Marketing Using Social Media on Trust, Loyalty and Voting Intention of the Youth of South Africa

Dabula¹

2017

BSSJ

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South Africa has witnessed a decline in youth voter turnout. Consequently, political parties are employing marketing strategies that aim to appeal to the young voter, such as social media. Notwithstanding the increasing studies on social media in political marketing, there is a dearth of such research in South Africa. Furthermore, no studies have explored the influence of political marketing using social media on voter trust, loyalty and voting intention of the youth in the South African political context. This research intends to contribute to the increasing body of research on the efficacy of political marketing using social media by political parties in South Africa to engage with the youth and improve their election turn out. The two main research objectives are to establish the influence of political marketing using social media and on voting intention, with voter trust and voter loyalty as mediators and to determine which mediator (voter trust or voter loyalty) has the strongest influence on the outcome variable (voting intention). Using a data set of 250 respondents, between the ages of 18 and 35 years, from Gauteng Province in South Africa, this study examines these relationships. The study outcome is that all the five hypotheses are supported. The results indicate that the relationship between political marketing using social media and voter trust, political marketing using social media and voter loyalty, voter trust and voter loyalty, voter trust and voting intention and voter loyalty and voting intention are all positive in a significant way. The research paper discusses both academic, political party and marketer's implications of the results and future research directions are suggested.

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How Trust Matters: The Changing Political Relevance of Political Trust

Cited by 202 publications

References 40 publications

When Will People Pay to Pollute? Environmental Taxes, Political Trust and Experimental Evidence from Britain

When Will People Pay to Pollute? Environmental Taxes, Political Trust and Experimental Evidence from Britain

Multicultural Policy and Political Support in European Democracies

The Influence of Political Marketing Using Social Media on Trust, Loyalty and Voting Intention of the Youth of South Africa

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