|
Advanced search
Previous page
|
Title
Trust in public institutions, a comparative study of Botswana and Tanzania |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1956/12761 |
Date
2016 |
Author(s)
Landmark, Marianne |
Abstract
This thesis concerns institutional trust in Botswana and Tanzania and
seeks to test several variables' importance in determining individuals'
trust. African countries have historically been somewhat neglected in
trust research and these two countries have therefore been chosen
as the cases of my study. Based on the cultural theories and
institutional theories of trust I have selected socio-demographic
factors, social capital, transparency, democratic satisfaction and
policy performance as my independent variables. The analysis is
based on survey data from Afrobarometer conducted in 2012. The
findings in this thesis suggest that the cultural theories do little in
explaining institutional trust as the socio-demographic and social
capital variables do rather poorly. Institutional theories on the other
hand do very well in explaining variations in trust in public
institutions. The most determining variable in terms of individuals
trust in public institutions seems to be the general policy
performance of the government and individuals' approval of the
President's performance. |
Subject(s)
public institutions; social capital; democracy; quantitative study; Botswana; Tanzania; Mastergrad; 731111 |
Language
eng |
Publisher
The University of Bergen |
Type of publication
Master thesis; Master; AORG350; MASV-AORG |
Format
1424176 bytes; application/pdf |
Rights
Copyright the Author. All rights reserved |
Repository
Bergen - University of Bergen
|
Added to C-A: 2016-09-13;13:17:13 |
© Connecting-Africa 2004-2024 | Last update: Friday, March 8, 2024 |
Webmaster
|