Transparens och politisk tillit
(2019) STVK02 20191Department of Political Science
- Abstract (Swedish)
- This essay studies the relationship between institutional transparency and political trust. The study focuses on 27 countries in Europe. The existing theory regarding the relationship emphasizes different views. Some theorists claim that the two concepts are positively correlated whilst others claim the opposite. Hence, the study’s purpose: to test
which of the theorists predict the correct outcome institutional transparency has on political trust. The dependent variable, political trust, is measured with data from The European Social Survey. This study uses data from The Right to Information-rating to assess different levels of the main independent variable; institutional transparency, in
different countries. For the statistical... (More) - This essay studies the relationship between institutional transparency and political trust. The study focuses on 27 countries in Europe. The existing theory regarding the relationship emphasizes different views. Some theorists claim that the two concepts are positively correlated whilst others claim the opposite. Hence, the study’s purpose: to test
which of the theorists predict the correct outcome institutional transparency has on political trust. The dependent variable, political trust, is measured with data from The European Social Survey. This study uses data from The Right to Information-rating to assess different levels of the main independent variable; institutional transparency, in
different countries. For the statistical analysis, a multiple regression is used. My result signals that the relationship between my main variables is non-existing. However, no certain conclusions are drawn due to the failure to distinguish other explanatory variables. (Less)
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- author
- Svahn, Edvard
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- En kvantitativ studie om sambandet mellan institutionell transparens och politisk tillit i europeiska länder
- course
- STVK02 20191
- year
- 2019
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 8976134
- date added to LUP
- 2019-09-06 13:37:22
- date last changed
- 2019-09-06 13:37:22
@misc{8976134, abstract = {{This essay studies the relationship between institutional transparency and political trust. The study focuses on 27 countries in Europe. The existing theory regarding the relationship emphasizes different views. Some theorists claim that the two concepts are positively correlated whilst others claim the opposite. Hence, the study’s purpose: to test which of the theorists predict the correct outcome institutional transparency has on political trust. The dependent variable, political trust, is measured with data from The European Social Survey. This study uses data from The Right to Information-rating to assess different levels of the main independent variable; institutional transparency, in different countries. For the statistical analysis, a multiple regression is used. My result signals that the relationship between my main variables is non-existing. However, no certain conclusions are drawn due to the failure to distinguish other explanatory variables.}}, author = {{Svahn, Edvard}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Transparens och politisk tillit}}, year = {{2019}}, }