Deciphering the Dutch drop: ten explanations for decreasing political trust in The Netherlands
This site provides free acess to an article by Mark Bovens and Anchrit Wille which was originally published in International Review of Administrative Sciences Vol 74(2):283–305 [DOI:10.1177/0020852308091135] 2008. The 23 page article examines the causes falls in levels of in public trust in government, using the case study of the Netherlands from the 1980s onwards. It is argued that Sudden dips in public trust in government are better explained by political or economic crises than by a deterioration in government performance. From Intute.ac.uk
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