A Research Agenda for Political Trust
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-1747-9 (ISBN)
This timely book sets out an agenda for social science research on political trust, confronting contemporary conceptual, theoretical, and empirical problems. It grapples with the breakdown of reliance on political systems in democratic societies, exploring why many people perceive politicians and public administrators as corrupt and unconcerned about the public interest.
Expert authors present a concise overview of political trust, providing empirical and conceptual contributions with global coverage. They demonstrate how citizens' beliefs about their governments and leaders can impact the resilience, breakdown, or emergence of democracy. Chapters examine how politicians are seen as unwilling to address urgent problems ranging from global climate change to local poverty and social injustices. Authors investigate political support and institutional confidence through the lens of wavering trust and the increase of autocratic regimes. Guiding future scholarship, this book addresses important questions and indicates key avenues for research.
A Research Agenda for Political Trust is a vital resource for scholars and students of political theory and public policy, as well as sociology and the broader social sciences. Practitioners and policymakers in regulation, governance, and public administration and management will also benefit from its valuable insights.
Edited by Daniel Devine, Associate Professor of Public Opinion and Behaviour, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Southampton, UK and Malcolm Fairbrother, Professor, Department of Sociology, Uppsala University and Institute for Future Studies, Sweden
Contents
1 A research agenda for political trust 1
Daniel Devine and Malcolm Fairbrother
2 Inside the ‘black box’: understanding the micro-foundations
of political trust 15
Ben Seyd
3 Advancing research on the multilevel dynamics of political
trust 29
Laura Stoker
4 Towards evidence-informed policy interventions to increase
trust in public institutions 47
Sarah Kups
5 The increasing relevance of political distrust in 21st-century
democratic politics 65
Eri Bertsou
6 Philosophy and political trust 77
Matthew Bennett
7 Political trust in multi-level and global governance 91
Lisa Dellmuth
8 Ethnicity and political trust: a critical assessment and
future directions 105
Cary Wu, Kriti Sharma and Rima Wilkes
9 Political trust, autocratic regimes, and the information
environment 119
Marlene Mauk
10 Political trust and elites 139
James Weinberg
11 Political trust, policy preferences, and the heuristic
mechanism 157
Malcolm Fairbrother and Daniel Devine
12 The macro-consequences of political trust 169
Viktor Valgarðsson and Tom van der Meer
Index 185
| Erscheinungsdatum | 13.01.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Elgar Research Agendas |
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-0353-1747-8 / 1035317478 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-0353-1747-9 / 9781035317479 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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