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Political trust and public support for climate policy in Europe: The role of perceptions about politicians’ competence and integrity
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7610-9104
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3349-5778
Department of Sociology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Sociology, University of Graz, Austria.
2024 (English)In: Environmental Research Communications (ERC), E-ISSN 2515-7620, Vol. 6, no 9, article id 095013Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

While previous studies on the relationship between political trust and support for climate policy have focused on the evaluative component of trust, namely whether politicians and the political system can be trusted or not, less is known about the role of different dimensions of trustworthiness that underlie such evaluations. In this study, we examine how perceptions about politicians' competence and integrity, two central dimensions of trustworthiness, are related to public support for climate policies. Using survey data from four European countries (Sweden, Germany, Spain, and Poland), we find that people who think that politicians are competent are generally more likely to support climate policy. In contrast, we do not find such a relationship between integrity perceptions (e.g., corruption) and policy attitudes. These findings are consistent across national contexts and hold even when alternating the measures capturing competence and integrity perceptions. To bolster public support for climate policies, climate communication should prioritize addressing public concerns regarding politicians' competence in designing sound climate policies, rather than alleviating concerns about their integrity, such as fears of corruption.

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Institute of Physics (IOP), 2024. Vol. 6, no 9, article id 095013
Keywords [en]
climate policy support, political trust, competence, integrity, Europe, climate action
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
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Sociology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-227609DOI: 10.1088/2515-7620/ad5ccfISI: 001315902600001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85205236441OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-227609DiVA, id: diva2:1880376
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Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation, 2019.0196Available from: 2024-07-01 Created: 2024-07-01 Last updated: 2024-10-10Bibliographically approved

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