Hawkins, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-0149-8993 (2024) Tangled Webs of Trust: A Study of Public Trust in Risk Regulation. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. ISSN 0143-6503
Abstract
This article provides an empirically grounded understanding of public trust in the context of risk regulation, specifically through a case study of shale gas exploration and fracking. It offers insight into the factors underpinning public trust and explores the empirical reality of the socially embedded and relational nature of trust. The article engages with the often-neglected dynamics of trust and how relationships between different levels of trust (eg institutional, interpersonal, wider system) operate. It shows how trust, far from complying with many existing linear conceptualisations, is complex and messy, involving a web of ongoing and interactive relationships within and between these levels. By mapping empirical data against our theoretical understandings, this article offers an alternative insight into the trust relationship, better positioning us to understand trust as an ongoing process, rather than an end product.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | trust, risk regulation, environment, regulatory legitimacy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 06 Mar 2024 09:52 |
Last Modified: | 12 Mar 2024 14:59 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/ojls/gqae006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:209951 |