Income Inequality and Political Trust

Income Inequality and Political Trust: Do Fairness Perceptions Matter?

Political trust is more strongly linked to variation in inequality perceptions than to variation in inequality preferences.

Does inequality erode political trust? - Frontiers

Taken together, this research suggests that income inequality may depress trust in political institutions via increased concern for status. In sum, when we ...

Why Economic Inequality Undermines Political Trust: An Analysis of ...

Economic inequality undermines political trust: An analysis of mechanisms. Shuai Jin, Shuai Jin Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, ...

Inequality, external efficacy and political trust

Based on time-series cross-sectional survey data from the European Social Survey, we find that changes in income inequality have a negative effect on changes in ...

How income inequality threatens democracy - the Loop: ECPR

Why should inequality matter for political trust? The prevailing perspective regards trust in institutions as the consequence of a conscious ...

Economic performance, income inequality and political trust

This study identifies that: (i) an individual's perception of their economic well-being or inequality is the critical determinant of political trust.

Income inequality, distributive fairness and political trust in Latin ...

This study aims at filling this gap by focusing on the relevance of distributive fairness perceptions and macro-level inequality for political trust.

Economic Inequality and Unfairness Evaluations of Income ...

However, between-country inequality was negatively related to social trust but not political trust. In addition, fairness evaluations of ...

(PDF) Income Inequality and Political Trust: Do Fairness Perceptions ...

Political trust is more strongly linked to variation in inequality perceptions than to variation in inequality preferences.

Inequality, Trust and Civic Engagement - Russell Sage Foundation

Keywords: trust; economic inequality; political participation; civic engagement; state poli-.

Income Inequality and Political Instability

Moreover, higher economic disparities can diminish trust among the poor for political institutions and create a sense of powerlessness. This ...

Political Trust and Economic Inequality - Lund University Publications

This study investigates the relationship between political trust and income inequality in 29 European countries, using Easton's (1975) trust-as-evaluation.

Unequal Societies The effect of economic inequality on political trust

... political trust and income inequality. In contrast, citizens living in more equal states are expected to be more content, as they witness a smaller spread ...

Explaining the 'democratic malaise' in unequal societies: Inequality ...

Previous scholarship suggests that rising inequality in democracies suppresses trust in institutions. However, the mechanism behind this has ...

Trust in public institutions, inequality, and digital interaction

Since inequality might lead to less institutional trust because people experience a greater institutional distance concerning governments and public authorities ...

Full article: Regional inequalities and political trust in a global context

This article tests the economic theory that residents of high-income regions are more likely to trust political institutions, given their positive experiences ...

(PDF) Why Economic Inequality Undermines Political Trust

PDF | Research suggests economic inequality reduces political trust after the public recognizes the inequality and perceives it as a failure ...

Inequality and Political Trust in China: The Social Volcano Thesis ...

Socio-economic status has no influence on central trust (model 1, significant at a 90 per cent level) but it has a negative influence on local government (model ...

The Income Gap: Low Income and Trust - John Smith Centre

People on lower incomes tend to report lower levels of trust in politicians, and in government, than those on higher incomes.

In Equality, We Trust -- Finance & Development, March 2017

Rising economic inequality is typically regarded as an important reason for the decline in trust and may render economic outcomes less fair or drive a wedge ...