Open AccessTrust, legitimacy and deliberation: Empirical research and practical applications
Author(s) -
Andrija Šoć
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo1901103s
Subject(s) - deliberation , legitimacy , deliberative democracy , argument (complex analysis) , interpersonal communication , raising (metalworking) , political science , democracy , epistemology , law and economics , sociology , public relations , positive economics , social psychology , psychology , law , economics , politics , mathematics , philosophy , biochemistry , chemistry , geometry
In this paper I examine the analyses of the decline of interpersonal and institutional trust. I claim that, even though different explanations are partially on point, they still fail to clarify the existing problem and propose an adequate solution. In the last part of the paper I outline one possible solution for increasing the levels of public trust - implementing various elements of deliberative education within the existing educational institutions. In the end, I try to defend the conclusion that deliberative education is a necessary step toward raising the levels of institutional and interpersonal trust, and that, if so, this represents an argument in favor of the general applicability of deliberative democracy.