Trust - How Citizens View Political Institutions

This book provides an extensive and up-to-date review of one of the most important topics in contemporary political life.

List of contents

• Section One: What are we talking about? The nature and measurement of trust


• 1: What is trust?


• 2: Why focus on trust?


• 3: Measuring trust


• Section Two: What is going on? Levels and causes of trust


• 4: Is there a problem of trust?


• 5: Why has trust declined?


• 6: Why do citizens trust (or not)?


• Section Three: So what? The consequences of trust


• 7: The effects of trust


• 8: Conclusion

About the author

Dr Ben Seyd is in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent. His primary fields of interest and expertise are public opinion and political behaviour. His previous research has focused on political participation, electoral behaviour, public attitudes towards state actors and institutions, and citizen evaluations of democratic processes. He is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Trust Research and a convenor of the UK Political Studies Association's Political Psychology group.

Summary

This book provides an extensive and up-to-date review of one of the most important topics in contemporary political life.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Seyd, Dr Ben (School of Politics and International Seyd
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2024
• EAN: 9780198896449
• ISBN: 978-0-19-889644-9
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Political science & theory, Social, group or collective psychology, Political science and theory