The ‘Legitimation’ Crisis: Why Have Americans Lost Trust in Government?

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dc.contributor.authorShort, John Rennie
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-15T18:05:18Z
dc.date.available2021-01-15T18:05:18Z
dc.date.issued2016-10-29
dc.description.abstractElections normally decide who is to govern. This upcoming election is about the very legitimacy of the system. At the final presidential debate, Republican candidate Donald Trump made the remarkable statement that he might not accept the outcome of the election. Even putting this rancorous and divisive presidential election aside, trust in the federal government in general has been in decline for decades.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.govexec.com/management/2016/10/legitimation-crisis-us-why-have-americans-lost-trust-government/132574/en_US
dc.genrearticlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2nokx-v9sv
dc.identifier.citationJohn Rennie Short, The ‘Legitimation’ Crisis: Why Have Americans Lost Trust in Government?, https://www.govexec.com/management/2016/10/legitimation-crisis-us-why-have-americans-lost-trust-government/132574/en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/20512
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherGovexecen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
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dc.subjectAmericansen_US
dc.subjectgovernmenten_US
dc.subjectglobalizationen_US
dc.subjectelectionsen_US
dc.subjecttrusten_US
dc.titleThe ‘Legitimation’ Crisis: Why Have Americans Lost Trust in Government?en_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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