Regional inequalities and political trust in a global context

IF 4.6 1区 社会学 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE
Lisa Dellmuth
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Climate change, health pandemics, structural decline, and more – the challenges of solving political problems are daunting, particularly when the political institutions addressing them are not trusted. This article tests the economic theory that residents of high-income regions are more likely to trust political institutions, given their positive experiences with services and opportunities, against the rival argument that predicts a negative effect of regional disadvantage within a country on political trust. Using European Values Study and World Values Survey (2017–2020) data, combined with socioeconomic data for 606 regions in 42 countries, this paper analyses samples of regions both in and outside the EU. The results suggest that people living in wealthy EU regions – both in absolute and relative terms – trust national government more and the EU less. In the global sample, the evidence is more variegated and corroborates economic theory only in democracies. The article sketches implications for regional inequality, political trust, and legitimacy research.
全球背景下的区域不平等与政治信任
气候变化、卫生流行病、结构性衰退等等——解决政治问题的挑战令人生畏,尤其是在处理这些问题的政治机构不受信任的情况下。本文检验了经济理论,即高收入地区的居民更有可能信任政治机构,因为他们在服务和机会方面有积极的经历,而不是预测一个国家内部的区域劣势对政治信任有负面影响的对立论点。本文利用《欧洲价值观研究》和《世界价值观调查(2017-2020)》数据,结合42个国家606个地区的社会经济数据,对欧盟内外地区的样本进行了分析。研究结果表明,生活在富裕的欧盟地区的人们——无论是绝对还是相对而言——对本国政府的信任度更高,对欧盟的信任度更低。在全球样本中,证据更加多样化,只有在民主国家才能证实经济理论。本文概述了对区域不平等、政治信任和合法性研究的影响。
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期刊介绍: The primary aim of the Journal of European Public Policy is to provide a comprehensive and definitive source of analytical, theoretical and methodological articles in the field of European public policy. Focusing on the dynamics of public policy in Europe, the journal encourages a wide range of social science approaches, both qualitative and quantitative. JEPP defines European public policy widely and welcomes innovative ideas and approaches. The main areas covered by the Journal are as follows: •Theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of public policy in Europe and elsewhere •National public policy developments and processes in Europe •Comparative studies of public policy within Europe
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