Subnational contextual influences on political trust
| dc.contributor.advisor | Alford, John R. | |
| dc.creator | Ulbig, Stacy Gwenn | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2009-06-04T08:10:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2009-06-04T08:10:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2002 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The primary objective of this research is to address a basic question: What types of governmental structures serve to enhance the public's trust in government? It develops and tests a theory linking local political characteristics to citizen attitudes toward government. These relationships are analyzed by (1) collecting original survey data on citizen attitudes toward local governments and information on local political characteristics, and (2) using multi-level analytical techniques to investigate how the context created by various governmental structures and political realities impacts the political attitudes of residents. The research presented here unites much of the political, social, and psychological research on political trust by presenting a model of the attitude based on individual-level judgments about the policies, processes, and people of local government as well as the political structures and realities that surround these individuals. This study also provides insight into how contextual variables can contribute to an understanding of individual-level attitudes by showing how a person's political surroundings can operate to shape their feelings of trust in the government. | |
| dc.format.extent | 193 p. | en_US |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.callno | THESIS POL.SCI. 2002 ULBIG | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ulbig, Stacy Gwenn. "Subnational contextual influences on political trust." (2002) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18143">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18143</a>. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/18143 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder. | |
| dc.subject | Political science | |
| dc.title | Subnational contextual influences on political trust | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| thesis.degree.department | Political Science | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Social Sciences | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Rice University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy |
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