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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Leypoldt, Günter (Editor), Berg, Manfred, 1959- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : transcript, 2021.
Series:American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; Bd. 30.
Subjects:
Authority > Social aspects > United States.
Trust > Social aspects > United States.
Social psychology > United States.
Democracy > United States.
Political culture > United States.
America.
American History.
American Studies.
Authority.
Cultural Studies.
History.
Literature.
Policy.
Politics.
Populism.
US Literature.
US Religion.
Urbanity.
Autorité > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Confiance > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Psychologie sociale > États-Unis.
HISTORY / United States / General.
Authority > Social aspects
Democracy
Political culture
Politics and government
Social psychology
Trust > Social aspects
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Decline of Political Trust and the Rise of Populism in the United States
  • Waning Trust in (Scientific) Experts and Expertise?
  • Shifting Meridians of Global Authority
  • Trust and the City
  • "We must trust that look of hers"
  • "We believe that we have a right to revelations, visions, and dreams from God"
  • The Trust Debate in the Literature of the American Renaissance
  • Authority, Genealogy, Infrastructure
  • Shoppers, Worshippers, Culture Warriors
  • List of Contributors

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