A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets,
managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any …

Although there is a consensus that mass media play an important role in the rise and fall of
political trust in Western democracies, existing research on media use and political trust in …

Purpose The association between e-government and trust in government has been
extensively examined, even though empirical works have returned conflicting conclusions …

The high level of trust in government in China has been attributed to the Chinese
government's success in economic development. However, the increased public demand in …

Governments must fight corruption to maintain legitimacy. However, anti-corruption
campaigns do not necessarily convince citizens that corruption is less prevalent. This study …

How does punishment of corruption help to build public support in authoritarian regimes?
We outline two primary mechanisms. Instrumentally, the ability to pursue anticorruption …

A new term,“political corruption,” emerged in the Chinese Communist Party discourse during
President Xi Jinping's corruption crackdown. To understand why this type of corruption is …

Can village leaders' performance impact villagers' trust in the central government? Using
village leader-villager relations at the village level as the explanatory variable, we examine …

This study provides a nuanced and interactive analysis of institutional confidence in
government. It investigates the drivers of institutional confidence by differentiating them into …

This study investigates the intricate interplay between citizens' trust in government
institutions and their perceptions of institutional effectiveness. The two may have an …