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Scandal Fatigue: Scandal Elections and Satisfaction with Democracy in Western Europe 1977-2007
(2009-07)
We combine Eurobarometer surveys with contextual data from 19 countries and three
decades, and find that elections are increasingly associated with major scandals. In the
late 1970s few elections were associated with ...
Blaming Europe? Exploring the Variable Impact of National Public Service Dissatisfaction on EU Trust
(2009-06)
European Social Survey data suggest that dissatisfaction with national public services has direct negative effects on EU trust in most EU15 countries, but also that there is significant country variation in their actual ...
Minorities and Mistrust: The Cushioning Impact of Social Contacts and Institutional Fairness
(2008-08)
Previous research concludes that immigrants and minority members, as well as all residents of more diverse contexts, display less generalized trust. Such findings suggest a harsh trade-off between diversity on the one hand ...
The personal and the political : how personal welfare state experiences affect political trust and ideology
(2002)
Citizens in advanced industrial democracies frequently have personal experiences with public services and welfare state arrangements. They may have regular contact with public health care services, schools, public ...