security affects citizens' trust towards formal institutions-that is, government and police. The empirical analysis focuses on …Rebuilding state legitimacy is a thorny challenge in the aftermath of civil wars. The international community has … legitimacy of the institutions they are expected to assist. …

campaign promises, in turn, leads voters to hold low political trust. Low quality government, and in particular populism … government: voters who express low trust are significantly more likely to prefer populist policies that reflect a low quality of …Voters would be better off if they removed politicians offering low-quality government by pursuing populist policies …