
The Problem of Political Trust
A Conceptual Reformulation
Grant Duncan(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. December 2020
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-0-367-50436-6 (ISBN)
Description
Trust has been the subject of empirical and theoretical inquiry in a range of disciplines, including sociology, economics, psychology, philosophy, public policy and political theory. The book approaches trust from a multi-disciplinary scope of inquiry. It explains why most existing definitions and theories of trust are inadequate.
The book examines how trust evolved from a quality of personal relationships into a critical factor in political institutions and representation, and to an abstract and impersonal factor that applies now to complex systems, including monetary systems.
It makes a distinctive contribution by recasting trust conceptually in dialectical and pragmatic terms, and reapplying the concept to our understanding of critical issues in politics and political economy.
The book examines how trust evolved from a quality of personal relationships into a critical factor in political institutions and representation, and to an abstract and impersonal factor that applies now to complex systems, including monetary systems.
It makes a distinctive contribution by recasting trust conceptually in dialectical and pragmatic terms, and reapplying the concept to our understanding of critical issues in politics and political economy.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
330 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-50436-6 (9780367504366)
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Grant Duncan is a scholar of political theory and public policy, and a political commentator, living in Auckland, New Zealand. His previous work on pain and on happiness, linking subjective states with political aims and public institutions, can be found in Economy & Society, Journal of Happiness Studies, and The Monist.
Content
1. The Uses of Trust
2. Re-describing Trust
3. Trust's Political Genealogy
4. Transformations of Trust
5. Money: Trust in Action?
6. Hegel and Nietzsche
7. Trust With or Without Conditions
8. Conclusions
2. Re-describing Trust
3. Trust's Political Genealogy
4. Transformations of Trust
5. Money: Trust in Action?
6. Hegel and Nietzsche
7. Trust With or Without Conditions
8. Conclusions