Introduction / Mark E. Warren -- Do we want trust in government? / Russell Hardin -- How can we trust our fellow citizens? / Claus Offe -- Trust, well-being, and democracy / Ronald Inglehart -- Democracy and social capital / Eric M. Uslaner -- Liberty against the democratic state: on the historical and contemporary sources of American distrust / Orlando Patterson -- Trust, voluntary association, and workable democracy: the contemporary American discourse of civil society / Jean Cohen -- Tust and its surrogates: psychological foundations of political process / Rom Harré -- Geographies of trust, geographies of hierarchy / James C. Scott -- Altruistic trust / Jane Mansbridge -- Democratic theory and trust / Mark E. Warren -- Conclusion / Mark E. Warren.