How do Differing Levels of Trust in Political Institutions Affect the Nature of Political Participation?
- PO-3320 – Group Report - Alfie Gatenby, Anastasia Hagerty, Ben Hitchings, Isaac Taylor, Joe Gape, Kevin Anyaka, Tara Gardener, Zuzanna Miernik
Executive Summary
Trust in political institutions is crucial because of the impact institutions have
upon our daily lives and society as a whole. Participation feeds into this by
providing citizens the ability to be active within these institutions which in turn
provides stability and legitimacy to the institutions. The relationship between
trust in political institutions and the nature of political participation is something
which is heavily discussed by scholars, yet there is a lack of consensus around
the connection between the two. This leads us to question:
How do Differing Levels of Trust in Political Institutions Affect the Nature of
Political Participation?
This is an important question to study in order to analyse how political
participation has been used to respond to different levels of trust in political
institutions. It is also vital for predicting what type of participation may occur in
future situations.
The purpose of this report is to investigate how different levels of trust following
certain events cause varying forms of participation. Furthering to question and
suggest why this may be the case. We do this by firstly exploring and utilising the
literature, to analyse what trust and participation are, and what the relationship
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