The Problem of Political Trust: A Conceptual Reformulation

By Grant Duncan

Trust has been the subject of empirical and theoretical inquiry in a range of disciplines, including sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, public policy and political theory. The book approaches trust from a multi-disciplinary scope of inquiry. It explains why most existing definitions and theories of trust are inadequate.

The book examines how trust evolved from a quality of personal relationships into a critical factor in political institutions and representation, and to an abstract and impersonal factor that applies now to complex systems, including monetary systems.

It makes a distinctive contribution by recasting trust conceptually in dialectical and pragmatic terms, and reapplying the concept to our understanding of critical issues in politics and political economy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367504367
• ISBN13: 9780367504366
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"