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25.05.2011, Alter: 365 Tage

CfP: Declining Political Trust and Disenchantment with Politics, and Methods of Political Participation

Open Call for Papers:

Declining Political Trust, Disenchantment with Politics, and Methods of Political Participation

Authors’ Conference organized by GESIS Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences January 25-27, 2012 in Cologne/Germany

 

Is there a connection between trust in and disenchantment with politics as the public debate often suggests?

What are the reasons behind this development?

Can we identify major driving factors from this potpourri of potential explanations?

Are the same mechanisms at work in all affected countries?

Under which conditions might citizens re-invest trust into the political system?

We encourage contributions addressing the questions raised above, or the meaning and transformation of the concept in different time periods or countries, or new ways of measuring trust. In particular we suggest using the existing comparative data bases (such as CSES, EVS, Eurobarometer, ESS, ISSP). Manuscripts should cover either one country for more than one period of time, or compare several countries, or both

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