Table of Contents
1). Introduction .................................................................................................... 46 2). What is Trust? ................................................................................................. 47 2.1). What is trust? ........................................................................................... 47 2.2). What is Institutionalised trust? ................................................................. 49 3). What is Political Participation? ........................................................................ 50 3.1). Political Participation vs Political Engagement ........................................... 50 3.2). The Importance of Political Participation ................................................... 52 3.3). Conventional vs Unconventional Participation ........................................... 52 4). Trust in Institutions and Participation .............................................................. 55 4.1). Why might we have a lack of trust in institutions? ..................................... 55 4.2). How does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation? . 56 4.3). Why does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation? . 58 5). Hypothesis and Methodology .......................................................................... 59 5.1). Measuring trust ........................................................................................ 60 6). Case Study: Watergate .................................................................................... 61 6.1). What type of participation occurred? ........................................................ 61 6.2). Why did this event happen? ...................................................................... 62 7). Case Study: Iraq War Protests .......................................................................... 65 7.1). What type of participation occurred? ........................................................ 65 7.2). Why did this event happen? ...................................................................... 66 8). Case Study: Sit-ins ........................................................................................... 69 8.1). What Type of Participation Occurred? ....................................................... 69 8.2). Why did this event happen? ...................................................................... 70 9). Case Study: Storming of the US Capitol ............................................................ 72 9.1). What Type of Participation Occurred? ....................................................... 73 9.2). Why did the Event Happen? ...................................................................... 74 10). Discussion ..................................................................................................... 75 10.1). How does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation? 75 10.2). Why does trust in political institutions affect the nature of participation? 77 11). Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 79 12). Bibliography .................................................................................................. 81
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