Growing disenfranchisement with political institutions and policy processes has generated interest in trust in government. For the most part, research has focused on trust in government as a general attitude covering all political institutions. In this book, Scott E. Robinson, James W. Stoutenborough, and Arnold Vedlitz argue that individual agencies develop specific reputations that may contrast with the more general attitudes towards government as a whole.
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Scott E. Robinson is the Bellmon Chair of Public Service at the University of Oklahoma. His research and teaching focus on the management of public service organizations as they cope with various forms of disasters or extreme events.
James W. Stoutenborough is an Assistant Professor at Idaho State University. His research and teaching interests include public policy, public opinion, and political psychology with a substantive interest in science and technology, environmental, and energy policy.
Arnold Vedlitz is holder of the Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University. His teaching and research focus is on science and technology policy and environmental and natural resources policy.
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Perspectives on Trust in Government
Chapter 3: A Theory of Trust in Administrative Agencies
Chapter 4: Assessing Trust in the EPA
Chapter 5: Building a Model of Trust in the EPA
Chapter 6: Demographics and Trust in the EPA
Chapter 7: Political Attitudes and Trust in the EPA
Chapter 8: Issue-Specific Attitudes and Trust in the EPA
Chapter 9: Conclusion
Appendix A: The Energy Policy Survey Instrument