The importance of political credibility today

摘要

Everyone is looking for it. Many complain of its absence. It is credibility, the cornerstone ofpolitical life and of the democratic system which is as much praised as neglected. What iscredibility? Who is credible and why? What are the roots and forms of political credibility?How does it circulate within society? What risks is it subject to and what pathologies dothey derive from? What can be called upon to restore credibility to politics?