The Political Economy of Attitudes toward Polity and Society in Western European Democracies

Economic performance, income inequality and political trust: new evidence from a cross-national study of 14 Asian countries

“…This is not surprising. Previous empirical examinations report positive link in some cases and negative or null relationship in other cases (e.g., Clarke et al, 1993;Dalton, 2004;Dotti Sani & Magistro, 2016;Hakhverdian & Mayne, 2012;Miller & Listhaug, 1999;Van der Meer, 2010;Van der Meer & Hakhverdian, 2017;Zmerli & Castillo, 2015). We believe inconsistent findings generate additional avenue that needs to be explored in future studies.…”

“…The previous sections have reviewed literature on the relationship between economic performance/income inequality and political trust in both the micro-and macro-level. Until recently, most of the empirical research on the links between economic performance, income inequality and political trust has focused on advanced democracies in the Western World (Anderson & Singer, 2008;Chanley et al, 2000;Clarke et al, 1993;Goubin, 2020;Kumlin, 2011;Kumlin & Haugsgjerd, 2017;Loveless, 2013Loveless, , 2016Uslaner, 2011Uslaner, , 2017Van der Meer & Hakhverdian, 2017;Zmerli & Castillo, 2015). Existing scholarship has not considered Asia, home to a majority of the World's population.…”

“…Perceptions of government performance have been most frequently identified as potential precursors to trust in government (Keele, 2007;Van der Meer, 2010). Specifically, studies have identified economic performance as the leading cause of citizens' evaluations of their government and, in turn, how they rate their political system (Anderson, 2009;Chanley et al, 2000;Citrin & Green, 1986;Clarke et al, 1993;Hetherington & Rudolph, 2008;McAllister, 1999;Miller & Listhaug, 1999;Mishler & Rose, 2001). Given that economic performance is critical to political trust, some scholars expect that individuals' evaluation of the economy in terms of their personal economic well-being is related to their confidence in government (Loveless & Binelli, 2018;Miller & Borrelli, 1991;Miller & Listhaug, 1999;Weatherford, 1987).…”

Legal Corruption and Dissatisfaction with Democracy in the European Union

“…Ehin 2007;Vigoda-Gadot et al 2010). It is clear that a poor macroeconomic performance affects perceptions of the quality of experienced democracies (see Armingeon and Guthmann 2014;Clarke et al 1993;Weßels 2015), especially in a period of crisis. However, citizens do not formulate and express their disappointment with democratic institutions exclusively in economic terms.…”

Ideological bases of institutional trust in eastern and western europe and the effect of motivated social cognition

“…Performance can be defined by multiple constituents, since the state itself is responsible for the provision of numerous political goods. In this regard, the most basic obligations are the guarantee of democratic political rights (Clarke, Dutt, & Kornberg, 1993;Mishler & Rose, 1999;Newton, 2008;Norris, 1999;Rahmani, 2010), establishment of economic efficacy (Lipset & Schneider, 1983;Miller & Listhaug, 1999;Mishler & Rose, 2001;Wong, Wan, & Hsiao, 2011), provision of welfare services in an appropriate quality (Kumlin, 2004;Soss, 1999), and the initiation and maintenance of basic procedural justice principles in the operation of the institutional system, along with a low level of corruption (Clausen, Kraay, & Nyíri, 2011;Della Porta, 2000;Kotzian, 2011;Offe, 2004).…”