Institutional trust and congressional autonomy in Latin America: expectations, performance, and confidence in Peru's legislature

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

What role do Latin Americans expect legislatures to play vis-à-vis the executive? How do expectations shape political trust in a developing democracy like Peru? This article introduces new indicators gauging citizens' current perceptions of, and idealized expectations for, the institutional independence of their elected assemblies. It uses 2007 data to test the hypothesis that the gap between the two indicators – the "legislative autonomy gap" - predicts trust in Congress. Most Peruvians claimed to prefer a more autonomous legislature. And citizens whose high expectations for institutional independence were adequately met were more likely to express confidence in Congress. However, having low expectations of congressional autonomy met also enhanced confidence in that institution. Trust in Congress proved to be pragmatic too, tied to perceptions of strong national economic performance, confidence in political parties, approval of congressional leadership, and approval of the same president from whom most Peruvians wished Congress would become more independent.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Weitere Titel: Confianza Pública y Autonomía Legislativa en América Latina: Expectativas, Desempeño, y Confianza en el Congreso del Perú ; Institutionelles Vertrauen und Kongressautonomie in Lateinamerika: Erwartungen, Entwicklungen und Vertrauen in die peruanische Legislative
• ISSN: 1868-4890
• Umfang: Seite(n): 73-105
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anmerkungen: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal of Politics in Latin America, 3(2)

Klassifikation und Themen

• Thema: Recht ; Politikwissenschaft ; Justiz ; politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur ; Peru ; Andenraum ; Parlament ; Legislative ; Exekutive ; Gewaltenteilung ; Regierung ; Entwicklungsland ; Autonomie ; Südamerika ; deskriptive Studie

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Levitt, Barry S.
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wo): Deutschland
• (wann): 2011

Weitere Informationen

• URN: urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-4246
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 21.06.2024, 16:26 MESZ