Cameroon: How Institutional Trust Changes During Armed Conflict

Evidence from Cameroon’s ‘anglophone crisis’ shows it depends on the institution’s role and the citizen’s location.

Abstract

How does public trust in institutions change during armed conflict? I argue that trajectories vary with the roles that institutions are perceived to play in the conflict and with whether citizens evaluate them from regions where violence is concentrated or from neighbouring regions. I compare trust in 11 institutions using Afrobarometer surveys conducted in Cameroon in…