Chapter Two. Trust and Distrust in American Political Development

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter One. Weaponizing Distrust 1
5. Chapter Two. Trust and Distrust in American Political Development 21
6. Chapter Three. Here to Help? Movement Conservatism and the State in the Reagan Era 46
7. Chapter Four. A Revolution Against Government? The Promotion of Distrust in the Clinton Era 86
8. Chapter Five. “We’re All Mad Here”: The Tea Party and the Obama Era 122
9. Chapter Six. “Punch Government in the Face”: Anger in the Trump Era 161
10. Chapter Seven. Making Peace with Government 197
11. Afterword 219
12. Notes 225
13. Index 291