Why People Don’t Trust Government / / ed. by Philip D. Zelikow, David C. King, Joseph S. Nye Jr.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Altman, Drew E.,; Benson, John M.,; Blendon, Robert J.,; Bok, Derek,; Brodie, Mollyann,; Brossard, Mario,; Inglehart, Ronald,; James, Matt,; King, David C.,; Lawrence, Robert Z.,; Mansbridge, Jane,; May, Ernest R.,; Morin, Richard,; Neustadt, Richard E.,; Nye, Joseph S.,; Orren, Gary,; Pharr, Susan J.,; Zelikow, Philip D.,
• HerausgeberIn: King, David C.,; Nye Jr., Joseph S.,; Zelikow, Philip D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [1997]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 1997
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Confidence in American government has been declining for three decades. Three-quarters of Americans said they trusted the Federal government to do the right thing in 1964. Today, only a quarter do. Why the decline? Is this mistrust a healthy reflection of America's long-lasting skepticism of a...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction: The Decline of Confidence in Government
• PART ONE The Scope and Performance of Government
• One. The Evolving Scope of Government
• Two. Measuring the Performance of Government
• Three. Fall from Grace: The Public’s Loss of Faith in Government
• PART TWO. The Menu of Explanations
• Four. Is It Really the Economy, Stupid?
• Five. Social and Cultural Causes of Dissatisfaction with U.S. Government
• Six. The Polarization of American Parties and Mistrust of Government
• Seven. The Politics of Mistrust
• PART THREE. Data on Public Attitudes Toward Governance
• Eight. Changing Attitudes in America
• Nine. Postmateralist Values and the Erosion of Institutional Authority
• Ten. Public Trust and Democracy in Japan
• Conclusion: Reflections, Conjectures, and Puzzles
• Notes
• Contributors
• Index