Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador

Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador

ABSTRACT The literature on judicial politics has assumed that judicial independence and trust in the judiciary go hand in hand. Based on evidence from Ecuador, I show that citizens’ trust and support for the judiciary can increase despite decreasing levels of judicial independence, which I...

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Autor principal: Armendáriz,Paula
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política 2020
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judicial politics
public opinion
trust in the judiciary
Latin America
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spelling oai:scielo:S0718-090X20200003006432020-12-23Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From EcuadorArmendáriz,Paula judicial politics public opinion trust in the judiciary Latin America ABSTRACT The literature on judicial politics has assumed that judicial independence and trust in the judiciary go hand in hand. Based on evidence from Ecuador, I show that citizens’ trust and support for the judiciary can increase despite decreasing levels of judicial independence, which I argue is largely driven by citizens’ approval of executive performance in office. Popular presidents send cues to their constituents regarding how and why the judiciary should be trusted, despite its institutional flaws. These results open the possibility to question whether public trust in the judiciary necessarily stems from the presence of independent judicial institutions.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia PolíticaRevista de ciencia política (Santiago) v.40 n.3 20202020-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-090X2020000300643en10.4067/S0718-090X2020005000120
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public opinion
trust in the judiciary
Latin America
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trust in the judiciary
Latin America
Armendáriz,Paula
Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
description ABSTRACT The literature on judicial politics has assumed that judicial independence and trust in the judiciary go hand in hand. Based on evidence from Ecuador, I show that citizens’ trust and support for the judiciary can increase despite decreasing levels of judicial independence, which I argue is largely driven by citizens’ approval of executive performance in office. Popular presidents send cues to their constituents regarding how and why the judiciary should be trusted, despite its institutional flaws. These results open the possibility to question whether public trust in the judiciary necessarily stems from the presence of independent judicial institutions.
author Armendáriz,Paula
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title Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
title_short Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
title_full Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
title_fullStr Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
title_full_unstemmed Trusting the Dependent Judiciary: Evidence From Ecuador
title_sort trusting the dependent judiciary: evidence from ecuador
publisher Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Instituto de Ciencia Política
publishDate 2020
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