Trust, democracy, and multicultural challenges [electronic resource] / Patti Tamara Lenard.
Material type: TextSeries: UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (216 p.)ISBN:- 9780271053950
- 027105395X
- 306.2 23
- JC423 .L464 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: trust, democracy, and multicultural challenges -- Trust defined -- Trust as a foundational democratic value -- Distrust, mistrust, and democracy -- Public culture and trust -- Trust and ethnocultural diversity in multicultural democracies -- Severely divided societies, trust, and the struggle for democracy -- Guiding trust building in democracies -- Conclusion: the challenges of multiculturalism.
"Examines the potential for distrust in an environment of ethnocultural diversity arising from increasing rates of immigration, and its implications for a democratic society. Incorporates democratic theory, multiculturalism theory, and migration theory"--Provided by publisher.
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