Broken Trust. Confidence Gaps and Distrust in Latin America

Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The...

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Published in:Social indicators research 2024-05, Vol.173 (1), p.269-281
Main Authors: Parra Saiani, Paolo, Ivaldi, Enrico, Ciacci, Andrea, Di Stefano, Lucia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Democracy
Economic crisis
Economic problems
Human Geography
Indexes
Microeconomics
Original Research
Pandemics
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
Rule of law
Social Sciences
Sociology
Transparency
Trust
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Summary:Latin American societies show lower levels of political trust when compared to other regions of the world. The lack of trust in institutions can led to ineffective management of public affairs, social crises, lack of transparency, economic problems and even difficulties in countering pandemics. The objective of this work is to build an index (LADI) that provides a measure of the level of perceived distrust in the institutions of the different Latin American countries and its variations over the period from 2008 to 2018. The data used for this analysis are of a subjective nature and come from the series of surveys provided by Latinobarómetro . To develop the analysis, we have used a quantitative approach of a partially non-compensatory aggregative type, known as Adjusted Mazziotta and Pareto Index. The results show a generalized increase of distrust in the years 2017 and 2018 for several Latin American countries. On the other hand, in countries where the rule of law is more consolidated, a best perception of the functioning of democracy emerges.
ISSN:0303-8300
1573-0921
DOI:10.1007/s11205-021-02796-3