A growing crisis of public trust is eroding the social contracts that bind societies together, with deepening divisions reported across continents. This week’s feature examines how strained relationships between governments and citizens have taken root in diverse nations, from India to the United States. Amid the challenges, Hungary offers a case study in how communities are attempting to restore fractured bonds and rebuild collective faith in shared institutions. The analysis explores both the fractures and the fragile efforts to mend them.
Countries around the world face weakened social contracts. Our magazine this week details many of those situations, from India to the U.S. We also focus on Hungary, where citizens are beginning to rebuild what has been broken.
