Social and Political Trust in a Low Trust Society

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dc.contributor.authorBargsted, Matias
dc.contributor.authorOrtiz, Camila
dc.contributor.authorCaceres, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorSomma, Nicolas M.
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T20:22:00Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T20:22:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractWe study the causal relationship between social and political trust in a low trust society, a setting where this topic has received very little attention. We focus on contemporary Chile, a relatively consolidated new democracy lacking many of the conditions that fosters trust such as high socioeconomic equality, weak social divisions, or universal welfare policies. Our empirical analysis is based on a 4-wave panel survey applied to a representative sample of 2000 Chilean adults interviewed face to face each year between 2016 and 2019. Based on statistical models with varying specifications and assumptions, we find support for the institutionalist view that claims that political trust exercises a positive influence over social trust. However, contrary to recent findings for some European democracies (Sonderskov & Dinesen 2016, Seifert 2018), we also find that social trust positively affects political trust. Our results suggest that the positive relationship between both types of trust travels to different political settings, and that there is no minimum threshold required in levels of trust for this relationship to emerge.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11109-021-09762-2
dc.identifier.eissn1573-6687
dc.identifier.issn0190-9320
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09762-2
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/92655
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000743420000002
dc.issue.numero4
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final1420
dc.pagina.inicio1401
dc.revistaPolitical behavior
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectSocial trust
dc.subjectPolitical trust
dc.subjectLinear dynamic panel models
dc.subjectChile
dc.subject.ods10 Reduced Inequality
dc.subject.ods01 No Poverty
dc.subject.odspa10 Reducción de las desigualdades
dc.subject.odspa01 Fin de la pobreza
dc.titleSocial and Political Trust in a Low Trust Society
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen45
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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