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Title Trust, distrust, and mistrust in multinational democracies : comparative perspectives / edited by Dimitrios Karmis and François Rocher
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (vi, 384 pages) : illustrations
Series Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 4
Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 4.
Contents Conceptions of trust : from social mechanism to normative principle / Dario Castiglione -- Democracy, trust, and national identity / Geneviève Nootens -- Trust : the key to the progressive's dilemma between solidarity and diversity? / David Robichaud -- Democratic institutions and representative trust / Patti Tamara Lenard -- Vigilance, trust, and "fine risks" in the minefield of multinational democracies / Dimitrios Karmis and Darren O'Toole -- The conditional nature of trust in Canada's multinational constitutional politics / Peter H. Russell -- The construction of Canada in historical perspective : distrust as an inherent component of constitutional debates? / François Rocher -- The delayed (and qualified) victory of the Meech Lake Accord : the role of constitutional reform in undermining and restoring intercommunal trust / Jeremy Webber -- Federalism as rejection of nationalist monisms / Jean Leclair -- Linguistic groups and civil society : trust, cooperation, and accommodation in Canadian voluntary associations / Alexandre Pelletier and Richard Simeon -- Through the mirror of contingency : trust and mistrust in multinational states / Philip Resnick -- Identity and political trust in multinational democracies : the cases of Québec and Catalonia / Réjean Pelletier and Jérôme Couture -- Trust and distrust in the Belgian federation / Kris Deschouwer -- Trust between party elites in consociational federations : the case of Belgium / Dave Sinardet and Niels Morsink
Summary "The importance of research on the notion of trust has grown considerably in the social sciences over the last three decades. Much has been said about the decline of political trust in democracies and intense debates have occurred about the nature and complexity of the relationship between trust and democracy. Political trust is usually understood as trust towards political institutions (including trust towards political actors that inhabit the institutions), trust between citizens, and to a lesser extent, trust between groups. However, the literature on trust has given no special attention to the issue of trust between minority and majority nations in multinational democracies--countries that are not only multicultural but also constitutional associations containing two or more nations or peoples whose members claim to be self-governing and have the right of self-determination. This volume, part of the work of the Groupe de recherche sur les sociétés plurinationales (GRSP), is a comparative study of trust, distrust, and mistrust in multinational democracies, centring on Canada, Belgium, Spain, and the United Kingdom. It stands out for its particular focus on the dynamics of trust, distrust, and mistrust. Beliefs, attitudes, practices, and relations of trust, distrust, and mistrust are studied as situated, interacting, and coexisting phenomena that change over time and space."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Political participation -- Cross-cultural studies
Democracy -- Public opinion -- Cross-cultural studies
Trust -- Political aspects -- Cross-cultural studies
Political alienation -- Cross-cultural studies
Comparative government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Comparative Politics.
Comparative government
Democracy -- Public opinion
Political alienation
Political participation
Trust -- Political aspects
Genre/Form Electronic books
Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Karmis, Dimitrios, editor.
Rocher, François, editor.
ISBN 9780773554337
0773554335
9780773554344
0773554343