The Erosion of German Elite Trust in the United States of America

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6262829
AutoresPhilipp Brugger (autor correspondente)
Ano2019
Volume28
Fascículo4
Páginas521-540
Data de publicação2019-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGerman Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0964-4008 • E-ISSN: 1743-8993
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09644008.2019.1594785
OpenAlexW2925224520
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas40

In this article, I address two salient issues in IR trust research: first, I introduce a longitudinal, content analysis to measure foreign policy trust. Second, I provide an in-depth analysis of how recent crises affected German political elites’ trust of the United States. I begin with a brief conceptual sketch of foreign policy trust and argue that treating it as a trusting discourse is a useful way to bridge the micro–macro gap. Next, I introduce a content analysis to measure trust, present coding rules and discuss advantages and problems of the approach. The empirical section consists of data generated from coding German Bundestag speeches and newspaper op-eds from 2000 through 2014. By disaggregating the data to specify who trusts whom and regarding which issues, I propose the following: First, there is a significant decline in trust among the traditionally pro-American German center-right politicians. Second, there is a steady decline in trust in the United States as a state entity, as opposed to strongly fluctuating trust in different U.S. presidents. Third, the NSA crisis directly affected German elites’ trust in the bilateral security partnership, an area where trust was stable even during the Bush presidency

Elite · Framing (construction · German · Linguistics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Presidency · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Public Administration