In what we trust? A multi-level study into trust in parliament as an evaluation of state characteristics

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-536

  van der Meer, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

confidence in parliament; corruption; electoral system; Europe; multi level modeling; political trust

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRUPTION; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL SYSTEM; STATE-LOCAL RELATIONS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77956947012     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852310372450     Document Type: Article

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