The Decline of Confidence in American Institutions

Journal Article The Decline of Confidence in American Institutions Get access Seymour Martin Lipset, Seymour Martin Lipset SEYMOUR MARTIN LIPSET is the Caroline S.G. Munroe Professor of Political Science and Sociology, senior fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and the author of scores of books and articles on American society and politics. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar William Schneider William Schneider WILLIAM SCHNEIDER is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. This article is adapted from their new book. The Confidence Gap: Business, Labor, and Government in the Public Mind (The Free Press). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 98, Issue 3, Fall 1983, Pages 379–402, https://doi.org/10.2307/2150494 Published: 15 September 1983