Why people don't trust government / edited by Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Philip D. Zelikow, David C. King.

The evolving scope of government / Ernest R. May -- Measuring the performance of government / Derek Bok -- Fall from grace: the public's loss of faith in government / Gary Orren -- Is it really the economy, stupid? / Robert Z. Lawrence -- Social and cultural causes of dissatisfaction with U.S. government / Jane Mansbridge -- The polarization of American parties and mistrust of government / David C. King -- The politics of mistrust /Richard E. Neustadt -- Changing attitudes in America / Robert J. Blendon ... [and others] -- Postmaterialist values and the erosion of institutional authority / Ronald Inglehart -- Public trust and democracy in Japan / Susan J. Pharr.