Public Trust in the Military from Global, Regional and National Perspectives

Malešič, Marjan; Garb, Maja

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71602-2_8

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“…Notre troisième thème se concentre sur des questions plus larges de relations civilo-militaires et plus spécifiquement la confiance du public envers les décideurs et guides d'opinion en matière de politique de défense. Les auteurs oeuvrant dans le domaine des relations civilo-militaires soulignent généralement que la confiance est au coeur des relations entre les forces armées et les communautés politiques qu'elles servent, plus particulièrement dans le contexte de sociétés démocratiques telles que le Canada (FEAVER and KOHN 2021 ;MALESIC 2018 ;NIELSEN et SNIDER 2009). Toutefois, peu d'études, et aucune au Canada, cherchent à évaluer directement le niveau de confiance du public envers les divers acteurs et guides d'opinion façonnant la politique de défense au Canada.…”

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Opinion publique et politique de défense du Canada à l’ombre de la compétition des grandes puissances

Boucher¹

2021

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Opinion publique et politique de défense du Canada à l’ombre de la compétition des grandes puissances

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2021

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“…nationalists, pro-religion, right-wing, and also because of individual characteristics such as interpersonal trust and support for democracy (Sarigil, 2015). Although the reasons that influence the level of confidence in the military are often nationally specific, we can also identify some generally shared factors, such as the military's participation in previous major wars, peacekeeping operations and crisis (disaster) management operations (Malešič and Garb, 2018). Through a series of variables measuring stereotypes, support for the troops, stigma, symbolic capital and social inequality, MacLean and Kleykamp (2014) found that US service members who were deployed on missions abroad were viewed more favourably than either those who were not deployed or private contractors who were deployed.…”

Section: Public Opinion the Armed Forces And Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this vein, Pion-Berlin and Dudley (2020: 15) noted that ‘the US public is both enamored with the military and ignorant about it, while at the same time considerably distrustful of political leaders’. On the other hand, cynicism towards the military may be due to the lack of citizens’ military experience (especially in all-volunteer military recruitment), criticism of the military in the media, the communication gap between the military and civil society, as well as instances of military corruption and scandals (Malešič and Garb, 2018).…”

Section: Public Opinion the Armed Forces And Societymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…After the democratic transitions, and despite the armed forces losing direct control of the state apparatus, different opinion polls have recorded sustained levels of support for the military in Latin America (see Lagos, 2008; Malešič and Garb, 2018; Montalvo, 2009). Unlike other institutions, the armed forces have been shown to surmount the feeling of distrust towards politics in general.…”

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Trust in the military in post-authoritarian societies

Solar

2020

Current Sociology

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Why does the military remain one of the most trusted institutions despite, in some cases, their history of violence, corporate abuses and bloody interventions to overthrow the state and punish parts of society? This article analyses the interaction between individual factors and support for the armed forces in Argentina, Brazil and Chile to understand current forms of opinion and trust-shifts in post-authoritarian societies. It explores whether in these three democracies, support for the military is explained by the extent to which citizens support other political institutions, democracy, partisan ideologies, and novel military missions, such as the armed forces combating crime. The empirical results suggest that trust in congress and the police are statistically significant factors explaining variance in the outcome in the three case studies. The findings then vary by country. Support for democracy is positively correlated with trust in the military in Brazil but negatively associated with confidence in the military in Chile, where support for military intervention when there are increasing levels of crime is also statistically significant with confidence in the armed forces. In both Brazil and Chile, individuals supporting the armed forces are more likely to support the military participating in countering crime. These findings have important implications for the study of military sociology and politics.

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“…In a survey of the comparative literature, Malešič and Garb (2018) found that this explanation holds great explicative power. In some cases, the participation of European armed forces in international peacekeeping missions can increase their legitimacy and prestige, strengthening public trust (Kuhlmann 2003;van der Meulen 2003).…”

Section: Sources Of Trust In Political Institutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo

Polga-Hecimovich

2019

Lat. American Res. Rev.

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Which factors determine support for the armed forces? What is the effect of agency politicization on confidence? Existing studies, which draw largely from bureaucratically neutral militaries, find that interpersonal trust and demographic variables play significant roles in determining public confidence in the armed forces. I argue that this is different for a politicized agency. A loss of bureaucratic neutrality activates voters’ partisan attachments, inducing individuals to judge the agency on the basis of their ties to the governing party or leader. Using survey data from Venezuela, I show that government evaluation has a salient and bifurcated effect on respondents’ perceptions of their armed forces. Respondents sympathetic to the governing leader are more likely to have a favorable view of the military while those identifying as opposition are more likely to have a negative view. The results suggest that politicization of public agencies may impose an upper limit on public support regardless of institutional performance, undermine their representativeness and legitimacy, and weaken their mandates.

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Public Trust in the Military from Global, Regional and National Perspectives

Cited by 13 publications

References 22 publications

Opinion publique et politique de défense du Canada à l’ombre de la compétition des grandes puissances

Opinion publique et politique de défense du Canada à l’ombre de la compétition des grandes puissances

Trust in the military in post-authoritarian societies

Bureaucratic Politicization, Partisan Attachments, and the Limits of Public Agency Legitimacy: The Venezuelan Armed Forces under Chavismo

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