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The Effects of Violence on Political Trust in Mali. A Quantitative Analysis of How Levels of Insecurity and Violence, Affects Trust in Different Types of Security Actors.

Fonseca Karlsson, Dennis LU (2023) STVM25 20222
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis generates new theory on how violence affects the levels of political trust toward state and non-state security actors in Mali. The theory that is generated will further be tested through a quantitative regression analysis to be able to answer the overarching research question of: In contexts with high levels of insecurity and violence, under what conditions do populations put their trust in different types of security actors? Furthermore, two additional research questions are examined: How does regional variation, whether violence is taking place within a region or not affecting how populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors?, and How do different types of violent events affect whether populations put... (More)
This thesis generates new theory on how violence affects the levels of political trust toward state and non-state security actors in Mali. The theory that is generated will further be tested through a quantitative regression analysis to be able to answer the overarching research question of: In contexts with high levels of insecurity and violence, under what conditions do populations put their trust in different types of security actors? Furthermore, two additional research questions are examined: How does regional variation, whether violence is taking place within a region or not affecting how populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors?, and How do different types of violent events affect whether populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors? The thesis can conclude that the levels of trust in state security actors are affected by the levels of violence in Mali, additionally, the thesis finds evidence that the levels of violence within a region and that regions location effects the will of a population to trust state security actors negatively. The thesis does not find sufficient results to conclude that violence affects the levels of trust in non-state security actors. The thesis also concludes that more research is needed to fully understand the effects of different types of violence on political trust. (Less)
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author
Fonseca Karlsson, Dennis LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVM25 20222
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Mali, State Capacity, Political Trust, Rebel Governance, Regional Violence, Security.
language
English
id
9105574
date added to LUP
2023-02-22 14:14:22
date last changed
2023-02-22 14:14:22
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  abstract     = {{This thesis generates new theory on how violence affects the levels of political trust toward state and non-state security actors in Mali. The theory that is generated will further be tested through a quantitative regression analysis to be able to answer the overarching research question of: In contexts with high levels of insecurity and violence, under what conditions do populations put their trust in different types of security actors? Furthermore, two additional research questions are examined: How does regional variation, whether violence is taking place within a region or not affecting how populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors?, and How do different types of violent events affect whether populations put their trust in state or non-state security actors? The thesis can conclude that the levels of trust in state security actors are affected by the levels of violence in Mali, additionally, the thesis finds evidence that the levels of violence within a region and that regions location effects the will of a population to trust state security actors negatively. The thesis does not find sufficient results to conclude that violence affects the levels of trust in non-state security actors. The thesis also concludes that more research is needed to fully understand the effects of different types of violence on political trust.}},
  author       = {{Fonseca Karlsson, Dennis}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Effects of Violence on Political Trust in Mali. A Quantitative Analysis of How Levels of Insecurity and Violence, Affects Trust in Different Types of Security Actors.}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}