Responsiveness, performance and corruption: reasons for the decline of political trust

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• dc.contributor.author Torcal, Mariano
• dc.contributor.author Christmann, Pablo
• dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-22T07:06:33Z
• dc.date.available 2022-11-22T07:06:33Z
• dc.date.issued 2021
• dc.description.abstract We test the importance of responsiveness, performance and corruption to explain the evolution of political trust in Spain between 1997 and 2019. To this end, the study analyses two longitudinal datasets, namely, a repeated cross-sectional dataset from the Spanish samples of Eurobarometer and an individual-level panel survey conducted during a period of economic recovery in 2015. The study finds that perceptions about political corruption and responsiveness matter greatly in shaping political trust and to a lesser extent economic performance. Although the Great Recession is likely responsible for the sharp decline in trust towards political parties and the parliament between 2008 and 2012, the analysis suggests that trust in representative institutions remains low even after the Recession because of a series of devastating corruption incidents and a perceived lack of responsiveness of the political system. On the other hand, the study finds indications that trust in the judicial system might have been mainly affected by perceptions of corruption.
• dc.description.sponsorship The research study was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Programa Estatal de Fomento de la Investigación Científica y Técnica de Excelencia—Subprograma Estatal de Generación de Conocimiento, under grant number CSO 2016-79772-P (2016–2020) and by the ICREA-ACADEMIA Intense Research Award.
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• dc.identifier.citation Torcal M, Christmann P. Responsiveness, performance and corruption: reasons for the decline of political trust. Front Polit Sci. 2021 Jul;3:676672. DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2021.676672
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpos.2021.676672
• dc.identifier.issn 2673-3145
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/54945
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Frontiers
• dc.relation.ispartof Frontiers in Political Science. 2021 Jul;3:676672
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/1PE/CSO2016-79772-P
• dc.rights Copyright © 2021 Torcal and Christmann. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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• dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• dc.subject.keyword Political trust
• dc.subject.keyword Corruption
• dc.subject.keyword Political responsiveness
• dc.subject.keyword Political process
• dc.subject.keyword Economic performance
• dc.subject.keyword Spain
• dc.title Responsiveness, performance and corruption: reasons for the decline of political trust
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