Conventional wisdom maintains that the Chinese Communist Party is upheld by performance-based legitimacy. Yet what … about procedural legitimacy? Analyzing national survey data on China, this study finds that governance procedures affect the … legitimacy of subnational levels of governing, if not necessarily that of the national level. Good governance contributes to …

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. …

This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific … capacity is greater when citizens trust their government. The paper discusses alternative approaches to modelling the origins … during COVID-19 in the UK. We also show that countries with high levels of citizen trust in government were more likely to …

This article analyses the dynamics of trust in institutions, which underpin the legitimacy of social order, on the … significantly lower than trust in government institutions, contradicting the situation in developed countries. It is recommended … theoretical concepts on which the study of trust, the well-being of citizens, the assessment of security and compliance with the …