Declining trust in government stems from increased knowledge, not worsened performance

Evidence

If the decline is real, it must be a decline in perceived trustworthiness. Of course, it might rather be a decline in faith or some stance that is labeled trust in the vernacular. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 732 (#contradicts, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Declining trust in government reflects trustworthiness, not citizen psychology — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 732; Citizens cannot trust government because they lack knowledge of its trustworthiness; Trust in government collapsed from 1966 to 1992 — Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone: America’s Declining…, 24 (+1 more)

Related

• Declining trust in government reflects trustworthiness, not citizen psychology (similarity 0.94)
• Citizens cannot trust government because they lack knowledge of its trustworthiness (similarity 0.93)
• Declining governmental trust is a trustworthiness problem, not a trust problem (similarity 0.91)
• Trust in government collapsed from 1966 to 1992 (similarity 0.90)
• Past government abuse justifies wary distrust of any officials (similarity 0.88)
• Rising information about government behavior drives declining trust (similarity 0.86)
• Governments cannot satisfy the encapsulated-interest account of trust. (similarity 0.83)
• Ungrounded faith in government benefits the powerful, not the faithful (similarity 0.83)
• Government being trustworthy matters more than the public trusting it. (similarity 0.83)
• Distrust of government may follow rather than cause civic disengagement (similarity 0.82)
• Distrust of government is easier to ground rationally than trust (similarity 0.82)
• Trust in government is not a major working factor in modern society (similarity 0.82)
• Survey ‘trust in government’ reduces to confidence, not interpersonal trust (similarity 0.82)
• Trust in government is really quasi-trust or confidence, not trust (similarity 0.82)
• Declining trust follows from civic withdrawal, not just causes it (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Declining trust in government reflects trustworthiness, not citizen psychology #contradicts (0.90) — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 732
• Citizens cannot trust government because they lack knowledge of its trustworthiness #contradicts (0.85)