Trust in society / Karen S. Cook, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cook, Karen S., editor.

Series:

Russell Sage Foundation series on trust ; v. 2.

Russell Sage Foundation series on trust ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations.

Trust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2001]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Trust plays a pervasive role in social affairs, even sustaining acts of cooperation among strangers who have no control over each other's actions.But the full importance of trust is rarely acknowledged until it begins to break down, threatening the stability of social relationships once taken for granted.

Contents:

Contents ; Contributors ; Trust in Society / Karen S. Cook ; Part I. Conceptions of Trust ; Chapter 1. Conceptions and Explanations of Trust / Russell Hardin ; Chapter 2. Solving the Problem of Trust / Carol A. Heimer ; Chapter 3. Trust as a Form of Shallow Morality / David M. Messick and Roderick M. Kramer ; Part II. Trust: Social Bases and Social Consequences ; Chapter 4. Trust as a Form of Social Intelligence / Toshio Yamagishi ; Chapter 5. Trust in Signs / Michael Bacharach and Diego Gambetta ; Chapter 6. Reputations, Trust, and the Principal Agent Problem / Jean Ensminger

Chapter 7. Clubs and Congregations: The Benefits of Joining an Association / Dietlind Stolle Chapter 8. Patterns of Social Trust in Western Europe and Their Genesis / Gerry Mackie ; Part III. Trust: Network, Organizational, and Institutional Bases ; Chapter 9. Why do People Rely on Others? Social Identity and Social Aspects of Trust / Tom R. Tyler ; Chapter 10. Why Is Trust Necessary in Organizations? The Moral Hazard of Profit Maximization / Gary Miller ; Chapter 11. Trust in Social Structures: Hobbes and Coase Meet Repeated Games / Robert Gibbons

Chapter 12. Social Norms and the Rule of Law: Fostering Trust in a Socially Diverse Society / Jack Knight Chapter 13. Trust in Ethnic Ties: Social Capital and Immigrants / Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders ; Index

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

1-61044-132-X

OCLC:

945610728