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Do Americans Trust Other Nations? A Panel Study

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  • Paul R. Brewer
  • Sean Aday
  • Kimberly Gross

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Objectives. This study examines Americans' generalized beliefs about how much the United States can trust other nations, as well as changes over time in such beliefs. Methods. We analyze original panel survey data collected in 2001 and 2002. Results. Although only a minority of panel respondents expressed generalized trust in other nations immediately after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, even fewer expressed such trust when reinterviewed almost a year later. Social trust, political trust, and party loyalties predicted individual‐level change in this form of trust from 2001 to 2002. Conclusions. Declining trust in other nations may have important implications for public opinion and, ultimately, public policy regarding world affairs.

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  • Paul R. Brewer & Sean Aday & Kimberly Gross, 2005. "Do Americans Trust Other Nations? A Panel Study," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 86(1), pages 36-51, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:socsci:v:86:y:2005:i:1:p:36-51
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0038-4941.2005.00289.x
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    1. Benno Torgler, 2008. "Trust in international organizations: An empirical investigation focusing on the United Nations," The Review of International Organizations, Springer, vol. 3(1), pages 65-93, March.
    2. Benno Torgler, 2006. "Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations," CREMA Working Paper Series 2006-20, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
    3. Sedef Turper & Kees Aarts, 2017. "Political Trust and Sophistication: Taking Measurement Seriously," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 130(1), pages 415-434, January.
    4. Zheng, Weiting & Zheng, Yaqin & Yi, Jingtao & Shaheer, Noman & Li, Sali, 2024. "Context matters: The signaling role of foreign bidders’ reputation in cross-border acquisition contests," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 59(4).
    5. Economou Athina & Kollias Christos, 2023. "In NATO We Trust(?): The Russian Invasion of Ukraine and EU27 Citizens’ Trust in NATO," Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 29(2), pages 129-144, May.
    6. Benno Torgler, 2006. "Trust in International Organizations: An Empirical Investigation Focusing on the United Nations," CREMA Working Paper Series 2006-20, Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA).
    7. Jianghe Niu & Ziqiang Xin & Nico Martins, 2010. "Trust Discrimination Tendency in Average Citizens at In-nation and Out-nation Levels in Canada, China and the United States," International Journal of Psychological Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 2(1), pages 1-12, June.

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