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CRITICALTRUST investigates the dynamics of political trust and distrust by developing a new model that differentiates between blind and evaluative forms. It conducts a comprehensive survey across eight European countries to gather data, aiming to enhance civic engagement and accountability in democratic institutions.
Paradoxically, representative democracy requires not only citizens trust in the institutions of democracy, but also a healthy dose of political scepticism towards these institutions.
Scholars have warned against the detrimental effects of blind trust and blind distrust.
The former would make citizens susceptible to manipulation, the latter to alienation.
By contrast, (dis)trust that is not blind but evaluative stimulates vigilant civic engagement.
While blind (dis)trust would lead to an anomic d…
UNIVERSITEIT VAN AMSTERDAM
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