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Can governments earn our trust?
- Title
- Can governments earn our trust? / Donald F. Kettl.
- Author
- Kettl, Donald F.
- Publication
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA , USA : Polity Press, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- ix, 144 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Some analysts have called distrust the biggest governmental crisis of our time. It is unquestionably a huge problem, undermining confidence in our elected institutions, shrinking social capital, slowing innovation, and raising existential questions for democratic government itself. What's behind the rising distrust in democracies around the world and can we do anything about it? In this lively and thought-provoking essay, Donald F. Kettl, a leading scholar of public policy and management, investigates the deep historical roots of distrust in government, exploring its effects on the social contract between citizens and their elected representatives. Most importantly, the book examines the strategies that present-day governments can follow to earn back our trust, so that the officials we elect can govern more effectively on our behalf"--
- Subjects
- Note
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Puzzle of Trust 2. The Case for Distrust 3. Earning Trust 4. Blocking Trust Afterword Further Reading.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Puzzle of Trust -- 2. The Case for Distrust -- 3. Earning Trust -- 4. Blocking Trust.
- Call Number
- JFC 17-837
- ISBN
- 9781509522453
- 150952245X
- 9781509522460
- 1509522468
- LCCN
- 2017001652
- 40027439781
- OCLC
- 971523661
- Author
- Kettl, Donald F., author.
- Title
- Can governments earn our trust? / Donald F. Kettl.
- Publisher
- Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA , USA : Polity Press, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Kettl, Donald F., author. Can governments earn our trust? Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2017 9781509522484
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027439781
- Research Call Number
- JFC 17-837