The updated edition of the bestselling title, Trust is the first serious response to the era of post-financial and political meltdown, Dr. Anthony Seldon lays out a blueprint for regaining trust within the national life. In part a wide-ranging meditation on notions of trust and responsibility in civic society, Trust is a powerful and important analysis of ten essential areas where trust in national life has broken down. Using examples from throughout the world and from history, it offers ten solutions for a better, more positive future.

Anthony Seldon is a political historian and one of the foremost commentators on contemporary Britain. The co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary British History, he is also author or editor of some 25 books, including the best-selling Blair, and Blair Unbound. He is Master of Wellington College.