Crises and Trust In Government: On the Mediating Role Of Government Structures

• In Event: Explaining Satisfaction with Democracy and Trust in Institutions

Brief Overview

The paper examines how government restructuring mediates the impact of crises on public trust, using data from 23 OECD countries (1980–2025) to show how organizational change shapes citizen perceptions of government trustworthiness.

Authors

• Julia Fleischer, University of Potsdam

• Magnus Åsblad, University of Potsdam