Authority and Trust in US Culture and Society: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Perspectives

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...

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Other Authors: Berg, Manfred (Contributor, Editor), Böller, Florian 1983- (Contributor), Gerhard, Ulrike (Contributor), Harnisch, Sebastian (Contributor), Jetter, Claudia (Contributor), Keller, Judith (Contributor), Leypoldt, Günter (Contributor, Editor), Peterfy, Margit (Contributor), Schloss, Dietmar (Contributor), Sommer, Tim (Contributor), Stievermann, Jan (Contributor), Thunert, Martin (Contributor), Werner, Cosima (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript-Verlag [2021]
Series:American Culture Studies 30
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839451892?locatt=mode:legacy
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451892
Summary: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
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mrz 2021)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (282 pages)
ISBN:9783839451892
DOI:10.14361/9783839451892