World Happiness Report points to declining happiness and social trust to explain the rise in political polarization.

Five years have passed since 22 March 2020, when the German government at the time imposed the first lockdown in an effort to ...

Trust in government shows a similar downward trend. These trends may threaten the effectiveness of public policy and reduce popular support for mainstream political parties. Evidence on trends in ...

While Britons are less trusting of those with political authority, they appear to be more trusting in each other.

Second, conflicts of interest reduce trust and confidence in government and democracy. Even if officials who have large conflicts of interest resist the pull of secondary interests, members of the ...

Career insiders in both parties in Iowa consolidate power, locking out those who want real change, write Sarah Trone Garriott ...

There is no problem that the government saw that it failed to fumble over and make even worse As a matter of fact, its perennial fumbling has led to trust deficit so much so that whenever the ...

Marylanders express somewhat below-average public trust toward state government. Factors include the economy and one-party ...