Why do voters lose trust in governments? Public perceptions of government honesty and trustworthiness in Britain 2000-2013

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 234-254

  Whiteley, Paul ^a   Clarke, Harold D ^b   Sanders, David ^a   Stewart, Marianne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Government honesty; Multi level modelling; Policy delivery; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; ECONOMIC POLICY; ELECTION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; MODELING; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL CHANGE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84958904729     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-856X.12073     Document Type: Article

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