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Samenvatting
Decreasing trust in government is almost universally considered to be a troubling fact of life for governments. Even though many politicians, administrators and commentators assume that the public’s trust in government is waning, the empirical data from the Netherlands are not unequivocal. This suggests that the assumed crisis of trust is not ‘just’ an empirical fact but is also to some extent a social construction. This article analyses how the major Dutch political parties have contributed to the narrative of a ‘failing government’. It does so by analysing their party programs over the last half century (95 programs in total). The analysis demonstrates that the major political parties are increasingly inconvenient with the effectiveness and efficiency of government, the traditional role of bureaucracies and the tasks of civil servants. This narrative harks back to the parties themselves and becomes increasingly inconvenient. If it is true that government fails to meet their standards, as they now all claim, what does that disclose about government policies for which those parties have been responsible?
Bestuurskunde |
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Artikel | Groeiend ongemakBestuurderspartijen en de constructie van het vertrouwen in de overheid |
Trefwoorden | trust, political parties, party manifestos |
Auteurs | Thomas Schillemans en Paul den Otter |
DOI | 10.5553/Bk/092733872014023002008 |
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