Explaining Popular Trust in the Department of Homeland Security

abstract

• Research reveals that levels of reported trust in government are at a relatively low level-among the lowest in the period studied. At the same time, reported approval for specific administrative agencies varies widely, with some agencies receiving little support and others a great deal. This raises an important question: what factors drive trust in specific agencies? This article investigates the question in relation to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). We find that reported assessments of DHS are driven by political attitudes, policy salience, religiosity, and demographic characteristics, even when controlling for trust in government in general. 2013 The Author.

authors

• Liu, Xinsheng
• Vedlitz, Arnold

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH AND THEORY

altmetric score

• 10.33

author list (cited authors)

• Robinson, S. E., Liu, X., Stoutenborough, J. W., & Vedlitz, A.

citation count

• 32

complete list of authors

• Robinson, Scott E||Liu, Xinsheng||Stoutenborough, James W||Vedlitz, Arnold

publication date

• July 2013

publisher

• Oxford University Press (OUP)  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Public Administration Theory and Research  Journal

keywords

• 44 Human Society
• 4407 Policy And Administration
• 4408 Political Science

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1093/jopart/mus025

start page

• 713

end page

• 733

volume

• 23

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jopart/mus025