CONSTITUENTS OF CONFIDENCE AND MISTRUST IN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTIONS

In: Australian journal of political science: journal of the Australasian Political Studies Association, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 75-93

Abstract

THIS PAPER ASSESSES THE VALUE OF PREDICTIONS ABOUT THE CONSTITUENTS OF CONFIDENCE AND MISTRUST IN AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTIONS. THESE PREDICTIONS DERIVE FROM THEORIES ABOUT THE POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL CAUSES OF DISSATISFACTION WITH GOVERNMENT AND ARE LINKED TO NOTIONS OF A CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY, "NEW POLITICS," THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC CHANGE ON DIFFERENT SOCIAL STRATA, TRADITIONAL POLITICAL DIVISIONS, AND ACCUMULATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL.