{"product_id":"can-governments-earn-our-trust-by-donald-f-kettl-9781509522453","title":"Can Governments Earn Our Trust?","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome analysts have called distrust the biggest governmental crisis of our time. It is unquestionably a huge problem, undermining confidence in our elected institutions, shrinking social capital, slowing innovation, and raising existential questions for democratic government itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat’s behind the rising distrust in democracies around the world and can we do anything about it? In this lively and thought-provoking essay, Donald F. Kettl, a leading scholar of public policy and management, investigates the deep historical roots of distrust in government, exploring its effects on the social contract between citizens and their elected representatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost importantly, \u003cem\u003eCan Governments Earn Our Trust?\u003c\/em\u003e examines the strategies that present-day governments can follow to earn back our trust, so that the officials we elect can govern more effectively on our behalf.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462667288812,"sku":"9781509522453","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509522453-can-governments-earn-our-trust.jpg?v=1775020861","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/can-governments-earn-our-trust-by-donald-f-kettl-9781509522453","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}