Democracy and Trust

ISBN-13: 9780521640831 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 384 str.

Opis

Is declining trust in government and in other citizens bad for democracy? Bringing together social science and political theory, this book analyzes the relationship between democracy and trust. Trust can develop where interests converge, but in politics interests conflict. Democracy includes a healthy distrust of the interests of the powerful, and institutionalizes it by providing opportunities for citizens to oversee them. Yet democratic institutions depend on a trust among citizens sufficient for representation, resistance, and alternative forms of governance. Leading scholars explore this paradoxical relationship.

Recenzje

"...Mark Warren provides an effective framework for the diverse set of contributions that comprise the volume and develops a typoogy of theories of trust and democracy... the volume makes a valuabe contribution to the study of trust and democracy. Virginia A Chanley, Political Theory

Spis treści

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.