Who still protests? How trust alters the effect of corruption on protest participation in Central and Latin America.
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2023-08-09
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This thesis studies the effect of corruption on protesting. In particular, the question if citizens concerned with corruption protest more and if this effect is moderated by the effects of social and political trust. Protesting is an increasingly relevant anti-corruption tool. Literature concerning the effect of corruption on protesting shows varying effects, which is why I include trust as a potentially clarifying factor. I employ a binary logistic regression analysis using data from the Latinobarometro survey in 2020. Analyzing 12,412 individuals from 15 highly corrupt Central and Latin American countries, the results suggest that citizens concerned with corruption tend to protest more. There are the additional hypotheses that low political trust and high social trust increase this effect. However, the effect of perceived corruption is not significantly altered by individuals’ level of political or social trust. Social and political trust show significant positive effects on protesting, however both effects become statistically insignificant when controlling for political interest. I conclude that concern with corruption is a strong and significant predictor of protest participation in corrupt countries in Central and Latin America and this effect is not moderated by the degree of political or social trust.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen