Title: Authority and trust in US culture and society :
Authors: Leypoldt, Günter; Berg, Manfred,
Date: 2021
Publisher: Transcript,
Physical description: 280 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Language: English
LC classification: H
Abstract: In the past two decades, a discourse of crisis has emerged about the democratic institutions and political culture of the US: many structures of authority which people had more or less taken for granted are facing a massive public loss of trust. This volume takes an interdisciplinary and historical look at the transformations of authority and trust in the United States. The contributors examine government institutions, political parties, urban neighborhoods, scientific experts, international leadership, religious communities, and literary production. Exploring the nexus between authority and trust is crucial to understand the loss of legitimacy experienced by political, social, and cultural institutions not only in the United States but in Western democracies at large.
Subject headings (LCSH): Authority--Social aspects--United States.; Democracy--United States; Political culture--United States; Social psychology--United States; Trust--Social aspects--United States.; United States--Politics and government