Performance still matters: Explaining trust in government in the Dominican Republic

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-223

  Espinal, Rosario ^a,d   Hartlyn, Jonathan ^b,e   Kelly, Jana Morgan ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d Department of Sociology ^*

^e University of North Corolina   (United States)

Author keywords

Democracy; Government institutions; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645743974     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005281933     Document Type: Article

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