Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)

One overlooked aspect of the rising levels of affective polarization is its effect on general social trust. In the present article, we analyze the relationship between affective polarization and various measures of social trust using two separate panel surveys that were implemented in Spain in two d...

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Autores: Torcal, Mariano, Thomson, Zoe A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital de la UPF
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/56521
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/56521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102582
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Affective polarization
Generalized social trust
In-group favoritism
Out-group discrimination
Personalized social trust
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spelling Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)Torcal, MarianoThomson, Zoe A.Affective polarizationGeneralized social trustIn-group favoritismOut-group discriminationPersonalized social trustOne overlooked aspect of the rising levels of affective polarization is its effect on general social trust. In the present article, we analyze the relationship between affective polarization and various measures of social trust using two separate panel surveys that were implemented in Spain in two different political periods (2014–2015 and 2018–2019), in order to assess whether the individual variations in the levels of affective polarization may affect people's trust in other members of society. Our findings suggest that affective polarization towards out-party members has a mutually reinforcing negative relationship with general social trust, generating a pervasive equilibrium of social and political deterioration that might contribute to worsening democratic quality. This effect is not compensated by any significant bonding effect resulting from in-partisan identification, whose effects seem to be restricted just to the very closest inner-circle individuals.This research has been made possible with the funding of the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, under grant number PID2019-106867RB-I00 (2020–2024). Mariano Torcal wants to thank the ICREA-ACADEMIA Intense Research Award for the additional funding. Zoe Thomson has received funding from the AGAUR's FI 2022 Grants for the Recruitment of New Research Staff (#2022 FI_B 00259).Elsevier202320232023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/56521http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102582reponame:Repositorio Digital de la UPFinstname:Universitat Pompeu FabraInglésElectoral Studies. 2023;81:102582.https://osf.io/bsfnr/https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0261379423000045-mmc1.docxinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2019-106867RB-I00© 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositori.upf.edu:10230/565212026-06-12T07:21:37Z
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title Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
spellingShingle Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
Torcal, Mariano
Affective polarization
Generalized social trust
In-group favoritism
Out-group discrimination
Personalized social trust
title_short Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
title_full Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
title_fullStr Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
title_full_unstemmed Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
title_sort Social trust and affective polarization in Spain (2014–19)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Torcal, Mariano
Thomson, Zoe A.
author Torcal, Mariano
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Thomson, Zoe A.
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Affective polarization
Generalized social trust
In-group favoritism
Out-group discrimination
Personalized social trust
topic Affective polarization
Generalized social trust
In-group favoritism
Out-group discrimination
Personalized social trust
description One overlooked aspect of the rising levels of affective polarization is its effect on general social trust. In the present article, we analyze the relationship between affective polarization and various measures of social trust using two separate panel surveys that were implemented in Spain in two different political periods (2014–2015 and 2018–2019), in order to assess whether the individual variations in the levels of affective polarization may affect people's trust in other members of society. Our findings suggest that affective polarization towards out-party members has a mutually reinforcing negative relationship with general social trust, generating a pervasive equilibrium of social and political deterioration that might contribute to worsening democratic quality. This effect is not compensated by any significant bonding effect resulting from in-partisan identification, whose effects seem to be restricted just to the very closest inner-circle individuals.
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