Trust & Hope

Job, J.
Building social and political trust: The role of civic engagement, The International Scope Review 8(13) 2006:1-23.

Job, J.
How is trust in government created?: 'It begins at home, but ends in the parliament,' Australian Review of Public Affairs 6(1) 2005:1-23.

Braithwaite, V. (ed)
Hope, Power and Governance, Special issue, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 592, 2004.
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Job, J. & Reinhart, M.
Trusting the Tax Office: Does Putnam's thesis relate to tax? Australian Journal of Social Issues 38(3) 2003:307-334.

Braithwaite, V. & Levi, M. (eds)
Trust and Governance. Russell Sage, New York, 1998.

Braithwaite, J.
Institutionalizing Distrust, Enculturating Trust. In V. Braithwaite & M. Levi (eds) Trust and Governance, Russell Sage, New York, 1998: 343-375.

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	Trust and Hope Democracies rely on the micro social processes of trust and hope for their functioning. People need to feel assured that even though the decision-making of government will not always serve their interests as well as they would like, a democratic system will act in their interests over time and deliver collective benefits such as peace, security and economic development. Such benefits represent shared hopes; and people trust the processes of democratic governance to deliver. Moral obligation to obey laws and meet the expectations of government strengthen. Not all governments nurture and honour the trust and hopes of their constituents. A disappointed public gives rise to resistance and disengagement from government processes, weakening the fabric of the democracy itself. The projects that have been undertaken around the themes of trust and hope seek to answer the questions: How can hope and trust deliver a better society? What must governments do to honour the trust of the people and be leaders in the realization of community hopes and goals? Publications Braithwaite, V., Hodges, T. and Lyons, B. Trust, Hope and Democracy Project, Progress Report No. 1, Regulatory Institutions Network, Australian National University, December 2006. Job, J. Building social and political trust: The role of civic engagement, The International Scope Review 8(13) 2006:1-23. Job, J. How is trust in government created?: 'It begins at home, but ends in the parliament,' Australian Review of Public Affairs 6(1) 2005:1-23. Braithwaite, V. (ed) Hope, Power and Governance, Special issue, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 592, 2004. (pdf version) Job, J. & Reinhart, M. Trusting the Tax Office: Does Putnam's thesis relate to tax? Australian Journal of Social Issues 38(3) 2003:307-334. Braithwaite, V. & Levi, M. (eds) Trust and Governance. Russell Sage, New York, 1998. Braithwaite, J. Institutionalizing Distrust, Enculturating Trust. In V. Braithwaite & M. Levi (eds) Trust and Governance, Russell Sage, New York, 1998: 343-375. Braithwaite, V. Communal and exchange trust norms, their value base and relevance to institutional trust. In V. Braithwaite & M. Levi (eds) Trust and Governance. Russell Sage, New York, 1998:46-74. Top of page ANU \| RegNet \| Home \| About us \| People \| Publications/Presentations \| RegNet Occasional Papers Contact Us © Micro Foundations of Democratic Governance Research Page last updated 2 January 2007 Feedback/comments/enquiries to Valerie.Braithwaite@anu.edu.au

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