The price of personalizing politics: Political distrust and economic performance in Latin America, 1996-2006 Academic Article

abstract

• While research has provided evidence that culture and institutional performance shape individual level trust in political institutions, scholars have neglected to adequately estimate the effect of political institutions and macroeconomic conditions on trust. Using data from the World Value Surveys for eleven Latin American cases, we test if countries with "partyizing" electoral systems - those with rules that encourage voters to hold the party, not individuals, accountable for government performance - experience lower levels of distrust in political parties and the legislature in times of poor economic conditions than those countries with "personalizing" electoral rules. Our analysis shows that the macro political and economic context largely conditions the impact of culture and institutional performance on political trust. 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Escobar-Lemmon, Maria
• Ross-Wootton, Ashley

published proceedings

• ELECTORAL STUDIES

altmetric score

• 1

author list (cited authors)

• Ross, A., & Escobar-Lemmon, M.

citation count

• 5

complete list of authors

• Ross, Ashley||Escobar-Lemmon, Maria

publication date

• January 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Electoral Studies  Journal

keywords

• Economic Conditions
• Electoral Laws
• Government Performance
• Interpersonal Trust
• Latin America
• Political Trust

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.electstud.2010.11.012

start page

• 406

end page

• 416

volume

• 30

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2010.11.012

user-defined tag

• 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions