Abstract
This study performs a multilevel analysis of public trust in local government. We develop and test competing hypotheses about the contextual and individual-level sources of local political trust. The results show that citizens' trust in local government is shaped not only by individual-level factors but also by city-level factors such as income inequality, ideological polarization, political institutions, racial fractionalization, and size of population. Cross-level analysis further indicates that the effects of race on local political trust are conditioned by cities' systems of political representation.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 530-560 |
Number of pages | 31 |
Journal | Public Opinion Quarterly |
Volume | 69 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2005 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Communication
- History
- Sociology and Political Science
- General Social Sciences
- History and Philosophy of Science