ABSTRACT
It is worth examining a little more closely a key aspect of affective constitutional culture – trust. For trust in the leading institutions granted powers by the constitutional order is an important measure of legitimacy, and of the process by which different social identities negotiate with one another in systems of participation. It seems reasonable to suppose that those who trust the relevant institutions to operate with efficacy and procedural fairness when handling the input from wider participation will be more likely themselves to participate than those who do not.
