Trust [electronic resource] : comparative perspectives / edited by Masamichi Sasaki, Robert M. Marsh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sasaki, Masamichi S.

Marsh, Robert M., 1931-2015.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trust.

Social psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trust, as Simmel noted, is a hypothesis regarding future behavior that is certain enough to serve as a basis for practical conduct. To trust another person (or collectivity or institution) is intermediate between knowledge and ignorance. Simmel was one of many social scientists (e.g., Tonnies, Durkheim, Parsons) who have contended that trust is one of the most important integrative forces within society. Modernization and its attendant social isolation, in the face of massive global changes, underscore the need to reexamine trust in all its multivariate and multidisciplinary character. This anthology presents twelve studies of trust. Some are conceptual, theoretical analyses, while others use historical data on societies, national surveys or cross-national comparative studies to test hypotheses.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Masamichi Sasaki and Robert M. Marsh

The Dynamics of Trust: Communication, Action and Third Parties / Bart Nooteboom

Structures of Trust: Britain and Russia Compared / Geoffrey Hosking

Trust, Diversity, and Segregation in the United States and the United Kingdom / Eric M. Uslaner

Distrust and Mistrust in a High Trust Environment / Morten Frederiksen

Do Not Trust Strangers — How Parents Shape the Generalized Trust of Their Children / Laura Nishikawa and Dietland Stolle

Pragmatic Trust in a World of Strangers: Trustworthy Actions / Andrew J. Weigert

Trust, Tolerance and the Challenge of Difference / Adam B. Seligman

Trust: Acceptance of, Precaution against and Cause of Vulnerability / Barbara A. Misztal

Trust Working in Interpersonal Relationships: A Comparative Cultural Perspective with a Focus on East Asian Culture / Gyuseog Han and Sang-Chin Choi

Self at the Heart of Trust: The Global Relevance of an Interactionist Understanding of Trust as a Form of Association / Linda R. Weber

Reconstruction of Trust on a Cultural Manifold: Sense of Trust in Longitudinal and Cross-national Surveys of National Character / Ryozo Yoshino

Cross-National Studies of Trust among Seven Nations / Masamichi Sasaki

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-12668-X

9786613530547

90-04-22138-7

OCLC:

782879948

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004221383 DOI