The Role of Political Trust in Shaping Institutionalized and Non-Institutionalized Political Participation: A Case study of Pakistani University Students

Abstract

Political trust, means the confidence and belief of citizen in their government authority, and political institutions, is a critical factor in understanding both “institutionalized” and “non-institutionalized” forms of political participation of Pakistani universities students. This investigation scrutinizes the complex association between political trust and the various modes of political participation, ranging from “institutionalized” political activities like voting to more “non-institutionalized” forms such as protest, demonstration. This research paper draws on a wide-ranging review of the existing literature, containing both theoretical and empirical studies, to examine the complex ways in which political trust is effecting the tendency of individuals to involve in different form of political participation. In this research we employed a quantitative methodology and data analyzed with the help of SPSS by using Generalized Linear Models with Poisson regression. The results reveal that increase in the level of political trust are positively effecting the participation of students in “institutionalized” “non-institutionalized” political activities.