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

Kirstie Ball; Sara Degli Esposti; Sally Dibb; Vincenzo Pavone; Elvira Santiago-Gomez

doi:10.1111/gove.12353

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

Kirstie Ball
, Sara Degli Esposti
, Sally Dibb
, Vincenzo Pavone
, Elvira Santiago-Gomez

University of St Andrews
Institute of Public Goods and Policies
University of A Coruña

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	103-121
Number of pages	19
Journal	Governance: An International Journal of Policy Administration and Institutions
Volume	32
Issue number	1
Early online date	27 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12353
Publication status	Published - Jan 2019

Bibliographical note

This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Ball, K, Degli Esposti, S, Dibb, S, Pavone, V & Santiago-Gomez, E 2018, 'Institutional trustworthiness and national security governance: Evidence from six European countries' Governance, vol. 32 (1), pp. 103-121, which has been published in final form at
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gove.12353
This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.

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FP7 Security, Grant/Award Number: SurPRISE (Surveillance, Privacy, Security) Grant A

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

trustworthiness
security agencies
surveillance
deep packet inspection
Public attitudes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sociology and Political Science
Public Administration
Marketing

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