Democracy Cracks #1: Political trust - A thing of the past?

Europe Speaks: A TEPSA Podcast by The Trans European Policy Studies Association

Feb 6, 202624:09Education

What does political trust really mean and can democracy survive without it? In the first episode of Democracy Cracks, we unpack what political trust is, why mistrust is not always bad, and why the “trust is collapsing ev...

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