Talving, Liisa and Vasilopoulou, Sofia orcid.org/0000-0002-0943-4433 (2021) Linking two levels of governance: Citizens’ trust in domestic and European institutions over time. Electoral Studies. 102289. ISSN 0261-3794
Abstract
This article puts forward a comprehensive framework for explaining the complex and dynamic relationship between trust in the domestic government and trust in the EU, considering time, country and individual-level variation. Using longitudinal comparative data from 32 Eurobarometer survey waves (2004—2018), we first establish that the link between attitude formation at the national and the EU supranational levels is present over time. Second, we show that during ‘extraordinary’ times of crisis the strength of that relationship intensifies. Third, we posit that the European sovereign debt crisis changed the mechanism for this relationship in two ways: during ‘extraordinary’ times, the link is much stronger in countries hardest hit by the crisis and the relationship holds independent of individuals’ political sophistication across all countries. Our findings have implications for understanding the drivers of EU support and theories of institutional trust.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Politics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2021 16:20 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:30 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102289 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.electstud.2021.102289 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:170733 |
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