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The government-citizen disconnect /

Americans' relationship to the federal government is paradoxical. Polls show that public opinion regarding the government has plummeted to all-time lows, with only one in five saying they trust the government or believe that it operates in their interest. Yet, at the same time, more Americans t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mettler, Suzanne (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2018]
Subjects:
United States > Social policy.
Welfare state > United States.
Political sociology > United States.
United States > Politics and government > Public opinion.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Policy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Research.
Political sociology.
Politics and government.
Politics and government > Public opinion.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
United States.
Öffentliche Meinung.
Wohlfahrtsstaat.
Sozialstaat.
Sozialpolitik.
Politische Soziologie.
USA.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General.
Since 1989
Table of Contents:
  • A time of contradiction
  • The market recedes, government responds
  • We are all beneficiaries now
  • Different lenses
  • Unequal voice
  • Reconnecting citizens and government.