Institutional trustworthiness and national security governance: Evidence from six European countries

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ball, Kirstie; Esposti, Sara Degli; Dibb, Sally; Pavone, Vincenzo; Santiago-Gomez, Elvira
• 署名单位: University of St Andrews; Coventry University; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC); CSIC - Instituto de Politicas y Bienes Publicos (IPP); Universidade da Coruna
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/gove.12353
• 发表日期: 2019
• 关键词: E-government; trust; RISK; INFORMATION; acceptance; perception; technologies; confidence; attitudes; services

摘要

This article examines the relationship between the institutional trustworthiness of security agencies in the context of data-intensive security practices. It focuses on the public's acceptance of the way digital surveillance technologies feed into large-scale security data analytics. Using the case of deep packet inspection (DPI), survey data gathered in six European countries (n = 1,202) demonstrates that security agencies' institutional trustworthiness directly and indirectly influences public acceptance of DPI. Against a backdrop of declining public trust in government and a climate of intense international terrorist threat, governments around the world are appealing to citizens to trade privacy for enhanced security. This article supports calls for security agencies and their respective governments to engage with the democratic process to enrich security and privacy at all levels of public security governance and for the common good.