This article reviews recent survey-based research on citizens' trust in government, focusing
particularly on the United States. It addresses the long-term decline in trust and potential …

After addressing the meaning of “trust” and “trustworthiness,” we review survey-based
research on citizens' judgments of trust in governments and politicians, and historical and …

A culture of trust is usually claimed to have many public benefits--by lubricating markets,
managing organizations, legitimating governments, and facilitating collective action. Any …

For decades, scholarly inquiry into political trust has been motivated by concerns about
declining levels of public trust in politics. Because political trust is considered a necessary …

Consumer skepticism of corporate environmental activities is on the rise. Yet research on
this timely, intriguing, and important topic is scarce for both academics and practitioners …

Climate change presents a global problem that requires a collective, coordinated response
to reduce the rate of greenhouse gases currently emitted. But, even in the face of these …

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an
important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on …

Many fear that democracies are suffering from a legitimacy crisis. This book focuses
on'democratic deficits', reflecting how far the perceived democratic performance of any state …

This article examines how the effect of education on institutional trust varies cross-nationally
as a function of the pervasiveness of public-sector corruption. We approach institutional trust …

Popular trust in political institutions is vital to democracy, but in post-Communist countries,
popular distrust for institutions is widespread, and prospects for generating increased …