Congress And The Decline Of Public Trust /
"Since the time of Watergate and Vietnam, trust in government has fallen precipitously. This can easily be sensed in the apathy and divisiveness that now characterize American politics, but it is perhaps most clearly revealed in poll data. The great majority of Americans do not trust the govern...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Taylor and Francis,
2018
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| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Transforming American politics
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Table of Contents:
- The puzzle of distrust / Joseph Cooper
- Insiders with a crisis from outside : Congress and the public trust / David M. Shribman
- Appreciating Congress / John R. Hibbing
- Congress and public trust : is Congress its own worst enemy? / Roger H. Davidson
- How good people make bad collectives : a social-psychological perspective on public attitudes toward Congress / Diana C. Mutz and Gregory N. Flemming
- Congress, public trust, and education / Mary A. Hepburn and Charles S. Bullock III
- Performance and expectations in American politics : the problem of distrust in Congress / Joseph Cooper
- Epilogue : the Clinton impeachment controversy and public trust / Joseph Cooper