Mattei Dogan, Ph.D., Sorbonne, is Honorary Research Director of National Center of Scientific Research, Paris and former Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles. His many articles and books include Comparing Nations: Concepts, Strategies and Substance (Blackwell, 1994), Elites, Crises and the Origins of Regimes (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998) and Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power (Brill, 2003). He is author or editor of 35 books and of many articles in academic journals.

• Introduction: Political Mistrust as a Worldwide Phenomenon Mattei Dogan I Comparative Analyses Erosion of Confidence in Thirty European Democracies Mattei Dogan Political Mistrust in Latin America Timothy J. Power and Giselle Jamison Political Mistrust in Sbutheast Asia William CasePolitical Scandals Sighard NeckelII Contrasting Cases of National Configurations of Trust-Mistrust Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy Trygve Gulbrandsen France: Political Mistrust and the Civil Death of Politicians Mattei DoganNigeria: Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions Jean-Pascal Daloz III From Mistrust to Crisis of Legitimacy Argentina: Economic Disaster and the Rejection of the Political Class Frederick C. Turner And Marita Carballo How Civil War Was Avoided in France Mattei Dogan Book Reviews Analytic Index

Mattei Dogan, Ph.D., Sorbonne, is Honorary Research Director of National Center of Scientific Research, Paris and former Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles. His many articles and books include Comparing Nations: Concepts, Strategies and Substance (Blackwell, 1994), Elites, Crises and the Origins of Regimes (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998) and Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power (Brill, 2003). He is author or editor of 35 books and of many articles in academic journals.

• Introduction: Political Mistrust as a Worldwide Phenomenon Mattei Dogan I Comparative Analyses Erosion of Confidence in Thirty European Democracies Mattei Dogan Political Mistrust in Latin America Timothy J. Power and Giselle Jamison Political Mistrust in Sbutheast Asia William CasePolitical Scandals Sighard NeckelII Contrasting Cases of National Configurations of Trust-Mistrust Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy Trygve Gulbrandsen France: Political Mistrust and the Civil Death of Politicians Mattei DoganNigeria: Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions Jean-Pascal Daloz III From Mistrust to Crisis of Legitimacy Argentina: Economic Disaster and the Rejection of the Political Class Frederick C. Turner And Marita Carballo How Civil War Was Avoided in France Mattei Dogan Book Reviews Analytic Index

Mattei Dogan, Ph.D., Sorbonne, is Honorary Research Director of National Center of Scientific Research, Paris and former Professor of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles. His many articles and books include Comparing Nations: Concepts, Strategies and Substance (Blackwell, 1994), Elites, Crises and the Origins of Regimes (Rowman and Littlefield, 1998) and Elite Configurations at the Apex of Power (Brill, 2003). He is author or editor of 35 books and of many articles in academic journals.

• Introduction: Political Mistrust as a Worldwide Phenomenon Mattei Dogan I Comparative Analyses Erosion of Confidence in Thirty European Democracies Mattei Dogan Political Mistrust in Latin America Timothy J. Power and Giselle Jamison Political Mistrust in Sbutheast Asia William CasePolitical Scandals Sighard NeckelII Contrasting Cases of National Configurations of Trust-Mistrust Norway: Trust Among Elites in a Corporatist Democracy Trygve Gulbrandsen France: Political Mistrust and the Civil Death of Politicians Mattei DoganNigeria: Trust Your Patron, not the Institutions Jean-Pascal Daloz III From Mistrust to Crisis of Legitimacy Argentina: Economic Disaster and the Rejection of the Political Class Frederick C. Turner And Marita Carballo How Civil War Was Avoided in France Mattei Dogan Book Reviews Analytic Index