Public Trust of the Population in the National Guard of the Russian Federation in the Context of Sociological Research

The level of public confidence in social institutions and organizations of the state is one of the most important indicators determining the effectiveness of their functioning, and, consequently, their authority in the system of public administration. In the conditions of modern socio-economic, political challenges, rapidly changing perceptions of citizens about the perfect model of public security, transformed under the influence of numerous information and psychological attacks from external and internal destructive forces, the importance and necessity of forming and maintaining a high level of public confidence in the activities of military personnel (employees) of the National Guard troops of the Russian Federation continues to increase and progress under the influence of many factors. The article discusses the theoretical provisions characterizing the phenomenon of trust on the example of social relations of the population to the Regardie. The theoretical and methodological foundations of the sociological analysis of scientific approaches to the study of public trust are revealed. The article presents the results of a study on the attitude of Russians to the activities and representatives of a relatively young law enforcement agency.

Public trust, sociological approaches, social relations, performance evaluation