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Engaging Americans & Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond

Our country faces a crisis of national confidence in its governance processes. This crisis has deep roots that have grown silently for several decades. A recent report by a national Commission on the Practice of Democratic Citizenship identified “a fragmented media environment, profound demographic shifts, artificial intelligence and other technological advances, economic inequality, centralized power, and climate change” as contributing to this crisis. And these stressors have reached a crescendo this year – a presidential impeachment trial; the nation’s fitful response to the health, economic, and societal impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and widespread protests in virtually every corner of our country in response to police brutality toward Black Americans. Each of these has brought into a clearer focus the roots of our crisis of confidence— including poorly performing institutions and social inequity—that hinder our ability to address challenges in an effective and efficient manner.

  • Author(s):
  • John Kamenskys
  • Lisa Bingham Amsler
  • John Bryson
  • Anne Khademian
  • Carolyn Lukensmeyer
  • F. Stevens Redburn
  • Michelle Sager
  • Antoinette Samuel
  • Kathy Stack
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Engaging Americans & Increasing Public Trust: An Agenda for 2021 and Beyond
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Publisher:National Academy of Public Administration
Published:August 1, 2020
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Copyright:© National Academy of Public Administration

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