INSTITUTIONAL TRUST. RAINMAKING EFFECT AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF DISTRUST? Cover Image

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INSTITUTIONAL TRUST. RAINMAKING EFFECT AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF DISTRUST?

Author(s): Robert Sobiech
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Public Administration, Public Law
Published by: Collegium Civitas
Keywords: trust; distrust; democracy; institutional trust; trust in government; institutionalization of distrust

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents selected positions emerging in debate over the causes and effects of trust in institutions that has been going on for several decades. One of the key issues is the question of the balance between trust, ne-cessary for the efficient functioning of the democratic system, including public institutions, and the distrust of citizens, necessary for their social control. The above question becomes particularly important in a situation of low public trust in government and growing popularity of radical social and political movements. According to many researchers, the failure of the existing forms of institutionalization of distrust poses a significant threat to the current social and political order.

  • Issue Year: 8/2017
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 61-86
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Polish