Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
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- dc.contributor.author Torcal, Mariano
- dc.contributor.author Thomson, Zoe A.
- dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-20T06:19:17Z
- dc.date.available 2023-04-20T06:19:17Z
- dc.date.issued 2023
- dc.description.abstract One overlooked aspect of the rising levels of affective polarization is its effect on general social trust. In the present article, we analyze the relationship between affective polarization and various measures of social trust using two separate panel surveys that were implemented in Spain in two different political periods (2014–2015 and 2018–2019), in order to assess whether the individual variations in the levels of affective polarization may affect people's trust in other members of society. Our findings suggest that affective polarization towards out-party members has a mutually reinforcing negative relationship with general social trust, generating a pervasive equilibrium of social and political deterioration that might contribute to worsening democratic quality. This effect is not compensated by any significant bonding effect resulting from in-partisan identification, whose effects seem to be restricted just to the very closest inner-circle individuals.
- dc.description.sponsorship This research has been made possible with the funding of the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, under grant number PID2019-106867RB-I00 (2020–2024). Mariano Torcal wants to thank the ICREA-ACADEMIA Intense Research Award for the additional funding. Zoe Thomson has received funding from the AGAUR's FI 2022 Grants for the Recruitment of New Research Staff (#2022 FI_B 00259).
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- dc.identifier.citation Torcal M, Thomson ZA. Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19). Elect Stud. 2023;81:102582. DOI: 10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102582
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102582
- dc.identifier.issn 0261-3794
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56521
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Elsevier
- dc.relation.ispartof Electoral Studies. 2023;81:102582.
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- dc.rights © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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- dc.subject.keyword Affective polarization
- dc.subject.keyword Generalized social trust
- dc.subject.keyword In-group favoritism
- dc.subject.keyword Out-group discrimination
- dc.subject.keyword Personalized social trust
- dc.title Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
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