The Trust Gap : Where Distrust Is a Problem, Where It's Not, and Why That Matters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Aaron.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.

Summary:

No detailed description available for "The Trust Gap".

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Dissecting the 'Crisis of Trust'

The confidence gap, redux

Trust gaps

Challenging the crisis of trust narrative

1 Why Institutional Trust Matters

Expanding circles of trust

Is trust always a good thing?

Measuring trust

Moving beyond the Eastonian framework

Democracy as an embedded system of trust

2 Trust Gap One: Who We Trust and Who We Don't

Variations in political trust

Support for democracy

Institutional trust

Trust in law and order institutions

Trust in business and unions

Trust in non-​governmental organizations

High-​ to low-​trust institutions

Trust gap one

3 Trust Gap Two: Who Trusts?

Trust gap 2.1: Education and trust

Trust gap 2.2: Age and trust

Trust gap 2.3: Polarization and trust

Towards as group-​level theory of trust

4 Trust Gap Three: How High Quality of Government/​High-​Trust Countries Make Policy Work

Quality of government and trust

What is quality of government?

State capacity

Trust and quality of government

The empirical macro-​level trust gap

Measuring quality of government

Examining the relationship between quality of government and trust

Rule of law and political trust

Corruption and political trust

Government effectiveness and political trust

The average of the six pillars

Why quality of government matters

Reinforcing layers of trust

Towards country-​level theories of trust

5 Trust Gap Four: Trust in the Media Versus Trust in Experts

Trust in the media

Media trust and polarization

Social media

Trust in experts

COVID-​19

The death of expertise?

6 Bridging Trust Gaps

What can be done?.

Bridging trust gap two: showing government working, rather than failing

Bridging trust gap three: improving quality of government

Exploiting trust gaps one and four: leveraging institutional trust

Maintaining trust gaps one and four: bolstering institutional trust

Why trust gaps matter

APPENDICES Appendix 1 Chapter 2

Appendix 2 Chapter 4

Appendix 3 Chapter 5

Notes

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

References

Index.

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ISBN:

1-5292-5562-7

9781529255621

OCLC:

1584488640