Marozzi: Trust in public institutions
Description
Improving trust in public institutions is central to improve social capital, participation in civic activities and law-abiding behavior and then governmental legitimacy.Format
The data are the proportions of citizens of 29 European countries having a positive trust in various public institutions.
- Ind_1
- Parliament.
- Ind_2
- Legal system.
- Ind_3
- Police.
- Ind_4
- Politicians.
- Ind_5
- Political parties.
- Ind_6
- European Parliament.
- Ind_7
- United Nations.
Source
Marozzi, M. (2015). "Measuring trust in European public Institutions". Social Indicators Research, 123, 879--895.Details
It is found that Scandinavian countries are the most trustful European countries in public institutions, whereas former communist countries as well as Iberian and Mediterranean ones are much less trustful.