|aIntroduction / Mark E. Warren|aDo we want trust in government? / Russell Hardin|aHow can we trust our fellow citizens? / Claus Offe|aTrust, well-being, and democracy / Ronald Inglehart|aDemocracy and social capital / Eric M. Uslaner|aLiberty against the democratic state: on the historical and contemporary sources of American distrust / Orlando Patterson|aTrust, voluntary association, and workable democracy: the contemporary American discourse of civil society / Jean Cohen|aTust and its surrogates: psychological foundations of political process / Rom Harr檻|aGeographies of trust, geographies of hierarchy / James C. Scott|aAltruistic trust / Jane Mansbridge|aDemocratic theory and trust / Mark E. Warren|aConclusion / Mark E. Warren