Vitale, David and Girard, Raphaël (2022) Public trust and the populist leader : a theoretical argument. Global Constitutionalism, 11 (3). pp. 548-570. doi:10.1017/S2045381722000107 ISSN 2045-3817.

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Abstract

This article adds nuance to current understandings of the relationship between the populist leader and the public by using the concept of trust. Merging the literature on populism with the growing scholarship on trust from philosophy, psychology and other social sciences, it argues that following on from the populist leader’s appeals to similarity, the populist-public relationship involves an intertwining of two forms of public trust: the public’s trust in the populist and the public’s trust in itself (what we call ‘public self-trust’). Contrary to what political and constitutional theorists have recognized as a tension between public self-trust and the public’s trust in its political representatives, we contend based on the scholarship on trust that in the populist-public relationship these two forms of trust can be mutually reinforcing. And this mutual reinforcement, we suggest, has the potential to create a positive feedback loop of public trust which, given the value of public trust to political leaders, empowers the populist.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Populism, Trust -- Political aspects, Public law, Democracy
Journal or Publication Title:	Global Constitutionalism
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	2045-3817
Official Date:	November 2022
Dates:	Date Event November 2022 Published 16 September 2022 Available 27 March 2022 Accepted
Volume:	11
Number:	3
Number of Pages:	35
Page Range:	pp. 548-570
DOI:	10.1017/S2045381722000107
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Copyright Holders:	© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press
Date of first compliant deposit:	30 March 2022
Date of first compliant Open Access:	13 April 2022
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