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Democracy and Political Trust Before and After the Great Recession 2008: The European Union and the United Nations

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  • Bruno Arpino

    (Università degli Studi di Firenze – UniFI)

  • Anastassia V. Obydenkova

    (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
    National Research University - Higher School of Economics (NRU-HSE)
    Institute for Economic Analysis Spanish National Research Council (IAE-CSIC))

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The paper investigates the change in the impact of democracy on political trust in national and international institutions, the European Union (EU) and to the United Nations (UN), after the start of the Great Recession 2008. Based on empirical evidence, the paper argues that the impact of the level of democracy on national trust is different from its impact on international trust post-crisis 2008, despite having been similar before 2008. Overall trend is in line with previous findings on decrease in trust to political institutions. In addition to these findings, this paper also demonstrates that the impact of democracy on trust in international institutions has changed radically after the start of the Great Recession. These findings are important for studies on political trust and democracy, on the consequences of the Great Recession, as well as for the comparative research on regional versus global institutions, such as the EU and the UN.

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  • Bruno Arpino & Anastassia V. Obydenkova, 2020. "Democracy and Political Trust Before and After the Great Recession 2008: The European Union and the United Nations," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 148(2), pages 395-415, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:soinre:v:148:y:2020:i:2:d:10.1007_s11205-019-02204-x
    DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-02204-x
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