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The government-citizen disconnect
- Title
- The government-citizen disconnect / Suzanne Mettler.
- Author
- Mettler, Suzanne
- Publication
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2018]
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- Description
- xviii, 241 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Summary
- Americans' relationship to the federal government is paradoxical. Polls show that public opinion regarding the government has plummeted to all-time lows, with only one in five saying they trust the government or believe that it operates in their interest. Yet, at the same time, more Americans than ever benefit from some form of government social provision - 96 percent of adults have received benefit from at least one of them, and the average person has utilized five. The fact that people have benefited from these policies bears little positive effect on their attitudes toward government. Political scientist Suzanne Mettler calls this growing gulf between people's perceptions of government and the actual role it plays in their lives as the "government-citizen disconnect." Mettler finds that shared identities and views about welfare are more powerful and consistent influences. The government-citizen disconnect's examination of hostility toward government at a time when most Americans will at some point rely on the social benefits it provides helps us better understand the roots of today's fractious political climate.
- Subjects
- United States
- Political sociology
- Welfare state
- United States > Social policy
- Öffentliche Meinung
- Sozialpolitik
- Social policy
- Political sociology > United States
- Politische Soziologie
- Welfare state > United States
- Sozialstaat
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy
- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research
- United States > Politics and government > 1989-
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare
- Politics and government > Public opinion
- United States > Politics and government > Public opinion
- Wohlfahrtsstaat
- Since 1989
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-9597
- ISBN
- 9780871546685
- 087154668X
- LCCN
- 2017061400
- OCLC
- 1018041477
- Author
- Mettler, Suzanne, author.
- Title
- The government-citizen disconnect / Suzanne Mettler.
- Publisher
- New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- Since 1989
- Other Form:
- Online version: Mettler, Suzanne. Government-citizen disconnect. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, 2018 9781610448727 (DLC) 2018011822
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-9597