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POLITICAL TRUST AND EFFICACY AMONG EDUCATED YOUTH IN PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).41      10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).41      Published : Jun 2019

Political Trust and Efficacy among Educated Youth in Pakistan

Abstract

    Political trust and efficacy are very popular among academics to foresee the legitimacy and the constancy of any political regime. The present research was endeavored to see political trust and efficacy among university students in Pakistan. A sample of 381 students was drawn from two public sector universities of the Islamabad city. The research included all the popular constructs of political trust including trust in army keeping in view its role in politics. The efficacy comprised its two components – the internal and external. Results indicate the positive, significant inter-correlations among most of the constructs of study variables except trust in the legal system and external efficacy. The results denote the significant level of trust and effectiveness of educated youth however, we assume that the populism approach prevails and enthusiasm of youth may also be measured from this approach.

    Political Trust, Efficacy, Political Populism, Educated Youth, Pakistan

    (1) Akhlaq Ahmad
    Assistant Professor,Department of Sociology,International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Farhan Navid Yousaf
    Associate Professor,Institute of Social & Cultural Studies,University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Mazhar Iqbal Bhatti
    Assistant Professor,Department of Psychology,International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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    TURABIAN : Ahmad, Akhlaq, Farhan Navid Yousaf, and Mazhar Iqbal Bhatti. "Political Trust and Efficacy among Educated Youth in Pakistan." Global Regional Review IV, no. II (2019): 386-391. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2019(IV-II).41