Higher education and confidence in institutions

A secondary analysis of the ‘European values survey’, 1981–83

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6406473
AutoresHerbert Doring (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume15
Fascículo2
Páginas126-146
Data de publicação1992-04-01
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402389208424910
OpenAlexW2050721457
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas12

A secondary analysis of the 'European Values Survey' tests some of the theoretical conclusions regarding the rationality of trust and distrust in established institutions. A reanalysis of the data set's question relating to confidence in ten particular institutions shows that the expected impact of higher education on confidence in institutions to punish governments for breach of trust applies only to those countries with a long, uninterrupted tradition of upholding civil liberties. In these countries multivariate analyses reveal a latent pattern of 'civil society' which is the most important dimension of how institutions are perceived by respondents

Confidence interval · Demographic economics · Economics · Higher education · Political science · Statistics · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Law · Mathematics