Congress and the Decline of Public Trust

1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31514-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 524 g

Since the time of Watergate and Vietnam, trust in government has fallen precipitously. This can easily be sensed in the apathy and divisiveness that now characterize American politics, but it is perhaps most clearly revealed in poll data. The great majority of Americans do not trust the government ?to do what's right all or most of the time?. Nor d

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooper, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 The Puzzle of Distrust, 2 Insiders with a Crisis from Outside: Congress and the Public Trust, 3 Appreciating Congress, 4 Congress and Public Trust: Is Congress Its Own Worst Enemy?, 5 How Good People Make Bad Collectives: A Social-Psychological Perspective on Public Attitudes Toward Congress, 6 Congress, Public Trust, and Education, 7 Performance and Expectations in American Politics: The Problem of Distrust in Congress, Epilogue: The Clinton Impeachment Controversy and Public Trust

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Cooper