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Why people don't trust government, edited by Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Philip D. Zelikow, David C. King

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-323) and index

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non fiction

Why people don't trust government

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edited by Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Philip D. Zelikow, David C. King

"Bringing together essays by leading Harvard scholars, this book explores the roots of mistrust. It first examines government's current scope, its actual performance, and citizens' perceptions of its performance. It then assesses many possible explanations that have been offered for the decline of trust, including the end of the Cold War, elevated expectations following World War II, a weakened economy, the effects of globalization, resentment over political scandals, and incompetence of bureaucrats."--Cover

The evolving scope of government / Ernest R. May -- Measuring the performance of government / Derek Bok -- Fall from grace: the public's loss of faith in government / Gary Orren -- Is it really the economy, stupid? / Robert Z. Lawrence -- Social and cultural causes of dissatisfaction with U.S. government / Jane Mansbridge -- The polarization of American parties and mistrust of government / David C. King -- The politics of mistrust /Richard E. Neustadt -- Changing attitudes in America / Robert J. Blendon [and others] -- Postmaterialist values and the erosion of institutional authority / Ronald Inglehart -- Public trust and democracy in Japan / Susan J. Pharr