How is trust in government created? It begins at home, but ends in the parliament

Jenny Job examines the argument that civic engagement creates social trust, and that social trust generalises to trust in government. She find that while civic engagement plays a minimal role in creating social trust, the foundation of trust in government and its organisations is relational, based on what happens in our intimate circles. If people are trusting of others generally, they will continue to trust despite the poor performance of others