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The problem of political trust : a conceptual reformulation / Grant Duncan.

Author/creator Duncan, Grant, 1960- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.
Copyright Notice ©2019
Description172 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Routledge frontiers of political economy
Routledge frontiers of political economy. ^A410039
Contents Introduction -- The uses of trust -- Re-describing trust -- Trust's political genealogy -- Transformations of trust -- Money: trust in action? -- Hegel and Nietzsche -- Trust with or without conditions -- Conclusions.
Abstract 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. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2018022985
ISBN9781138480933 hardcover
ISBN1138480932 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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