Abstract
ABSTRACT Scholars have often studied social, political and economic factors affecting trust. This paper considers the relationship between spatial location and trust in politicians. It is hypothesized that the centre–periphery framework developed by Stein Rokkan has explanatory value for the study of trust in politicians. By using multilevel regression analysis on a large-N survey on a crucial case (Norway), the paper controls for the urban–rural divide and cultural, institutional, political and economic factors at both the individual and municipal levels. The findings indicate that spatial location manifests itself as a unique explanatory variable and that the peripheral regional location (i.e., distance from the political centre) matters more for spatial differences in trust in politicians than the urban–rural divide. The spatial dimension of political trust could be considered as an additional factor for explaining differences in trust in politicians.
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