Dunn, K orcid.org/0000-0002-2156-6930 (2015) Voice, Representation and Trust in Parliament. Acta Politica: international journal of political science, 50 (2). pp. 171-192. ISSN 1741-1416
Abstract
The procedural justice literature argues that providing individuals voice in institutional processes facilitates trust in that institution. For democratic institutions, voice is provided to the citizenry via political representation. In this article, I apply the procedural justice argument to trust in parliament, equating representation with voice: if individuals believe they are represented in parliament, they will trust parliament more than if they believe otherwise. Analyses of data from three of four countries find support for this argument: those individuals who believe that a party with at least one seat in parliament represents their views trust parliament more than those who do not. This relationship holds even when accounting for political self-interest. For those who wish to promote trust in parliament, a suggested normative good with a host of politically important consequences, one potential pathway is to facilitate individuals’ belief that there is a party in parliament that represents them.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Acta Politica: international journal of political science Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | trust in parliament; voice; representation; procedural justice; left-right congruence |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2019 10:57 |
Last Modified: | 11 Oct 2019 10:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/ap.2014.15 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86790 |