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 …

This paper critically analyzes the survey literature on trust in government and confidence in
institutions. It highlights the gap between theoretical understandings of trust which …

Scholars have debated the importance of declining political trust to the American political
system. By primarily treating trust as a dependent variable, however, scholars have …

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 …

Research on political trust has been through a period of strong growth and now constitutes
an important field within political behavior. The research growth is driven at least partly by …

Citizens of the United States of America have always had a love–hate relationship with their
government. The nation was formed through a revolution, and deep-seated skepticism of …

Surveys suggest an erosion of trust in government, among individuals, and between groups.
Although these trends are often thought to be bad for democracy, the relationship between …

How distrustful are people of government? Although large majorities of Americans express
distrust in government, we propose that most of these same individuals also possess an …

It is widely known that countries strongly differ in the extent to which their citizens trust
politics. Political trust tends to be high in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands, and …