Trust of the Population and Elites in Power: Theoretical and Applied Aspects
https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-6-39-45
Abstract
The subject of this research is theoretical, methodological, and applied aspects of studying and analysing the level of trust of citizens and elites of modern Russia in power. In the article, the authors used such methods and approaches as systemic and structural-functional approaches to analyse external and internal factors affecting the confidence of the country’s population and elites in public administration, a situational approach to study the influence of spatial-temporal factors on the formation and development of trust among the population and elites in power structures. The paper analyses the theoretical and methodological aspects of studying the phenomenon of trust of citizens and elites to power in modern Russia. The problem of studying the formation and development of trust in power among the population of the country and the elites is quite relevant, especially in the context of the implementation of election campaigns, the material proposed in the article allows us to identify the necessary trajectories of the study of this phenomenon.
Supporting agencies: This article was prepared with the financial support of the Russian Foundation of Basic Research. Project 21–011–31678 “Development of the trust index in the government of citizens and elites of modern Russia”.
About the Authors
S. Yu. Belokonev
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Political Sciences, Scientific Chairman of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications
Moscow
E. V. Levina
Market Economy Institute of RAS;
Financial University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Candidate of Social Sciences, Senior Researcher; Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Mass Communications
Moscow
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Belokonev S.Yu., Levina E.V. Trust of the Population and Elites in Power: Theoretical and Applied Aspects. Humanities and Social Sciences. Bulletin of the Financial University. 2021;11(6):39-45. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26794/2226-7867-2021-11-6-39-45
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