Stafford, IanCole, AlistairHeinz, Dominic2025-02-202025-02-202022978-144735523-6978-144735521-2https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447355236https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12846/1785Is transparency a necessary condition to build and restore citizen and civil society trust in governance and democracy? Throughout Europe, there is a growing demand for effective forms of citizen engagement and decentralisation in policy-making to increase trust and engage increasingly diverse populations. This volume addresses the relationship between trust and transparency in the context of multi-level governance. Drawing on fieldwork from the UK, France and Germany, this comparative analysis examines different efforts to build trust between key actors involved in decision-making at the sub-national level. It outlines the challenges of delivering this agenda and explores the paradox that trust might require transparency, yet in some instances transparency may undermine trust. © Bristol University Press 2022. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBook10.51952/978144735523611912-s2.0-85136883619