Trust in a polarized age

Trust in a polarized age

by Vallier, Kevin

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"Americans today don't trust each other and their institutions as much as they used to. The collapse of social and political trust arguably has fuelled our increasingly ferocious ideological conflicts and hardened partisanship. But is the decline in trust inevitable? Are we caught in a downward spiral that must end in war-like politics, institutional decay, and possibly even civil war? In A Liberal Democratic Peace, Kevin Vallier argues that American political and economic institutions are capa…

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  • Full title :Trust in a polarized age / Kevin Vallier.

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"Americans today don't trust each other and their institutions as much as they used to. The collapse of social and political trust arguably has fuelled our increasingly ferocious ideological conflicts and hardened partisanship. But is the decline in trust inevitable? Are we caught in a downward spiral that must end in war-like politics, institutional decay, and possibly even civil war? In A Liberal Democratic Peace, Kevin Vallier argues that American political and economic institutions are capable of creating and maintaining trust, even through polarized times. Combining philosophical arguments and empirical data, Vallier shows that liberal democracy, markets, and social welfare programs all play a vital role in producing social and political trust. Even more, these institutions can promote trust justly, by recognizing and respecting our basic human rights"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2021

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (x, 310 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0190887249, 9780190887230, 0190887230, 9780190887254, 0190887257, 9780190887247
  • oclc:on1156414782
  • LC Classification:JK1726
  • Dewey Decimal:306.20973

Table of Contents

Introduction: Trust and polarization -- Must politics be war here and now? -- Social and political trust : concepts, causes, and consequences -- Civil society and freedom of association -- The market economy -- The welfare state -- Against egalitarianism -- Democratic constitutionalism -- Elections and process democracy -- Epilogue: how is trust restored?.

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Subjects

Civil society Civil society -- United States Confiance -- États-Unis Polarisation collective -- Aspect polit… Polarization (Social sciences) -- Polit… Political culture Political culture -- United States Société civile -- États-Unis Trust Trust -- United States United States

Writers

Vallier, Kevin

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