Trust in a Polarized Age

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Americans today don't trust each other and their institutions as much as they once did, fueling destructive ideological conflicts and hardened partisanship. In Trust in a Polarized Age, political philosopher Kevin Vallier argues that to build social trust and reduce polarization, we must strengthen liberal democratic institutions--high-quality governance, procedural fairness, markets, social welfare programs, freedom of association, and democracy. These institutions not only create trust, they …

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Full title :Trust in a Polarized Age

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Publication Date:2020.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020.

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The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (325 p.)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780190887230, 0190887230, 9780190887254, 0190887257
oclc:on1202472728
LC Classification:JK1726
Dewey Decimal:306.20973

Cover -- Trust in a Polarized Age -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the companion website -- Introduction: Trust and Polarization -- 1. Must Politics Be War Here and Now? -- 2. Social and Political Trust: Concepts, Causes, and Consequences -- 3. Civil Society and Freedom of Association -- 4. The Market Economy -- 5. The Welfare State -- 6. Against Egalitarianism -- 7. Democratic Constitutionalism -- 8. Elections and Process Democracy -- Epilogue: How Is Trust Restored? -- Works Cited -- Index

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