Conceptualising and Measuring Political Trust

Abstract

This panel focuses on new directions in the conceptualization and measurement of political trust, such as the recent push for a better understanding and new measures on mistrust, distrust, and scepticism. It also incorporates papers that innovatively deal with existing measures, for instance via measurement models.

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How Do Citizens Make Judgements on Political Trustworthiness? A New Model for Decision-Making in a Low-Trust Political Environment	View Paper Details
Beyond Trust and Distrust: Developing and Validating a Two-Dimensional Scale of Political Trust	View Paper Details
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