Trust of the Population and Elites in Power: Theoretical and Applied Aspects

Abstract

The subject of this research is theoretical, methodological, and applied aspects of studying and analysing the level of trust of citizens and elites of modern Russia in power. In the article, the authors used such methods and approaches as systemic and structural-functional approaches to analyse external and internal factors affecting the confidence of the country’s population and elites in public administration, a situational approach to study the influence of spatial-temporal factors on the formation and development of trust among the population and elites in power structures. The paper analyses the theoretical and methodological aspects of studying the phenomenon of trust of citizens and elites to power in modern Russia. The problem of studying the formation and development of trust in power among the population of the country and the elites is quite relevant, especially in the context of the implementation of election campaigns, the material proposed in the article allows us to identify the necessary trajectories of the study of this phenomenon.