Peculiarities of trust in political authorities in groups of citizens in Ukraine and abroad in the context of external military and political aggression
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The relevance of the study lies in the need for an empirical study of vertical institutional trust as a component of the psychological image of political power in different groups of Ukrainians in the context of the problem of social solidarity of citizens.
The purpose is to present the results of an empirical study of the peculiarities of trust in political authorities in the context of the problem of social solidarity of citizens in the context of external military and political aggression.
Methodology and scientific approaches. The empirical study involved 1128 respondents aged 18-55 years and older, living in different parts of Ukraine, as well as in European countries (Germany, Austria, Italy); they participated in public and volunteer organisations before and after the war, and are characterised by different ’types of behaviour’ in war conditions and religious affiliation. The empirical verification of the conceptual theoretical positions was implemented using a battery of methods and techniques, the collection of empirical material on which took place in traditional and online procedures (for the period of the second half of 2022 - early 2023) with further triangulation of the data obtained.
Results. It is established that all groups of respondents usually show the greatest trust in such institutions as the ’President of Ukraine’ and the ’Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’. Respondents who are abroad demonstrate a much lower level of trust in most institutions, including the Government, Verkhovna Rada and Political parties of Ukraine. Among those who have travelled abroad and do not plan to return, trust is among the lowest. The judicial system of Ukraine and local authorities receive a much lower level of trust, especially among respondents abroad who do not plan to return. Respondents who are abroad and do not plan to return to Ukraine demonstrate significant trust in civil society organisations.
Prospects for further research are to study the dynamics of the level of trust in the institutions of the power vertical and the peculiarities of the psychological image of political power in general in the context of external military and political aggression, as well as to find out the impact of the psychological image of political power on the social solidarity of citizens; to identify ways to increase the level of trust in state institutions.
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