Blockchain Politics: Abstract and Analytic Table of Contents

2026

Themes: Conservatism, Extremism, Trust

Category: Extended abstract, Open access

Likening contemporary extremes of far-right populism and identity politics to 17th century Peasants and Puritans, Blockchain Politics examines the enduring importance of trust in political life. Kieron O’Hara develops a new theory of trust to analyse how these extremes undermine social accord and weaken representative democracy, and to suggest remedies. The structure of the argument is shown in this extended abstract and analytic table of contents.

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