How trust in EU institutions is linked to trust in national institutions: Explaining confidence in EU governance among national-level public officials
How trust in EU institutions is linked to trust in national institutions: Explaining confidence in EU governance among national-level public officials
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对欧盟机构的信任如何与对国家机构的信任联系起来：解释国家级公职人员对欧盟治理的信心
作者：
T. Persson;Charles F. Parker;Sten Widmalm
本文分析了国家公职人员对国家机构的信任与对欧盟层面机构的信任之间的联系。以前的研究主要着眼于公民;相比之下，人们对国家官员对欧盟一级机构的实际看法或他们对这些机构的信心知之甚少。我们的研究借鉴了对17个欧盟成员国中参与民事保护的670名官员的独特调查，民事保护是最近成为欧盟最重要的政策领域之一。三个机制进行了探讨：“转移”机制，“信任综合症”机制和“理性评价”机制。我们的研究结果证实了所有三种机制的存在，并表明，如果要信任欧洲联盟机构来管理整个欧洲联盟的危机，那么国家机构也必须得到信任。这对加强欧洲联盟民事保护机构之间合作的前景具有深远的影响。
This article analyzes the link between trust in national institutions and trust in European Union-level institutions among national public officials. Previous research has mainly looked at citizens; in contrast, little is known about the views national officials actually hold towards European Union-level institutions or how much confidence they place in them. Our study draws on a unique survey of 670 officials in 17 European Union member states who are involved in civil protection, a policy area which has recently emerged as one of the most important in the Union. Three mechanisms are explored: a ‘transference’ mechanism; a ‘trust syndrome’ mechanism and a ‘rational evaluation’ mechanism. Our findings confirm the existence of all three mechanisms and show that if European Union institutions are to be trusted to manage European Union-wide crises, then national institutions must be trusted too. This has far-reaching implications for the prospects of enhanced cooperation among civil-protection institutions in the European Union.