Democracy and Trust

This work explores the implications for democracy of declining trust in government and between individuals.

Résumé
Is declining trust in government and in other citizens bad for democracy? Democracy builds on a distrust of the powerful, and yet trust among citizens is necessary for democratic representation, resistance, and citizen governance. Combining social science and political theory, this book explores the paradoxical relations between democracy and trust.

Contenu

1. Introduction Mark E. Warren; 2. Do we want trust in government? Russell Hardin; 3. How can we trust our fellow citizens? Claus Offe; 4. Trust, well-being and democracy Ronald Inglehart; 5. Democracy and social capital Eric M. Uslaner; 6. Liberty against the democratic state: on the historical and contemporary sources of American distrust Orlando Patterson; 7. Trust, voluntary association and workable democracy: the contemporary American discourse of civil society Jean Cohen; 8. Trust and its surrogates: psychological foundations of political process Rom Harré; 9. Geographies of trust James C. Scott; 10. Altruistic trust Jane Mansbridge; 11. Democratic theory and trust Mark E. Warren; 12. Conclusion Mark E. Warren.