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The Moral Foundations of Trust seeks to explain why people place their faith in strangers, and why doing so matters. Trust is a moral value that does not depend upon personal experience or on interacting with people in civic groups or informal socializing. Instead, we learn to trust from our parents, and trust is stable over long periods of time. Trust depends on an optimistic world view: the world is a good place and we can make it better. Trusting people are more likely to give through charity and volunteering. Trusting societies are more likely to redistribute resources from the rich to the poor. Trust has been in decline in the United States for over 30 years. The roots of this decline are traceable to declining optimism and increasing economic inequality, which Uslaner supports by aggregate time series in the United States and cross-sectional data across market economies.
Trust --- Social participation. --- Social participation --- Social values --- Confiance --- Participation sociale --- Valeurs sociales --- Social aspects. --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Aspect social --- Aspect moral --- Social aspects --- -Trust --- -Social participation --- -Social values --- -#SBIB:309H021 --- #SBIB:17H20 --- -302.5 --- Values --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Trust (Psychology) --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Intra- en interpersonele communicatie --- Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen --- Moral and ethical aspects. --- 302.5 --- #SBIB:309H021 --- Trust - Social aspects --- Trust - Moral and ethical aspects --- Trust - United States --- Social participation - United States --- Social values - United States --- Social Sciences --- Political Science
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"Eric M. Uslaner examines the theoretical and measurement differences between segregation and diversity and summarizes results on how integrated neighborhoods with diverse social networks increase trust in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia"--
Race relations. --- Trust. --- Segregation. --- Multiculturalism. --- Cultural pluralism. --- Relations raciales --- Confiance --- Ségrégation --- Multiculturalisme --- Diversité culturelle --- #SBIB:324H60 --- #SBIB:324H70 --- #SBIB:35H500 --- #SBIB:316.8H16 --- Cultural diversity --- Diversity, Cultural --- Diversity, Religious --- Ethnic diversity --- Pluralism (Social sciences) --- Pluralism, Cultural --- Religious diversity --- Culture --- Cultural fusion --- Ethnicity --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural diversity policy --- Cultural pluralism --- Cultural pluralism policy --- Ethnic diversity policy --- Social policy --- Anti-racism --- Desegregation --- Race discrimination --- Minorities --- Trust (Psychology) --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Integration, Racial --- Race problems --- Race question --- Relations, Race --- Ethnology --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Ethnic relations --- Racism --- Politieke socialisatie --- Politieke verandering: algemeen --- Bestuur en samenleving: algemene werken --- Welzijns- en sociale problemen: migranten, rassenrelaties --- Government policy --- Political science --- General. --- Ségrégation --- Diversité culturelle --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Trust --- Social Sciences --- Political Science
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Corruption flouts rules of fairness and gives some people advantages that others don't have. Corruption is persistent; there is little evidence that countries can escape the curse of corruption easily - or at all. Instead of focusing on institutional reform, in this book Eric M. Uslaner suggests that the roots of corruption lie in economic and legal inequality, low levels of generalized trust (which are not readily changed), and poor policy choices (which may be more likely to change). Economic inequality provides a fertile breeding ground for corruption, which, in turn, leads to further inequalities. Just as corruption is persistent, inequality and trust do not change much over time, according to Uslaner's cross-national aggregate analyses. He argues that high inequality leads to low trust and high corruption, and then to more inequality - an inequality trap - and identifies direct linkages between inequality and trust in surveys of the mass public and elites in transition countries.
Corruption. --- Equality. --- Rule of law. --- #SBIB:35H52 --- #SBIB:324H30 --- #SBIB:17H20 --- Supremacy of law --- Administrative law --- Constitutional law --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Sociology --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Corrupt practices --- Ethics --- Ethiek van bestuur en beleid --- Politieke cultuur --- Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen --- Corruption --- Equality --- Rule of law --- Economic order --- Social Sciences --- Political Science
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"This Handbook covers social and political trust. Essays cover the foundations of both types of trust, whether they have common or different roots. The Handbook includes essays on rational choice approaches to trust, including trust games and experiments-as well as an essay on how we measure trust. There are essays on the cultural and social psychological roots of trust, including how we are more likely to trust people like ourselves than strangers, as well as the place of trust in democracy- how national identity shapes trust, how trust forms in developing countries and in new democracies. Do minority groups are less trusting than the dominant group in a society? Do immigrants adapt to the trust levels of their host countries and do patterns of residence shape faith in others? Does interaction with people in groups build trust? Does the welfare state promote trust and in turn does trust lead to greater well-being and to better health outcomes? There are also essays on the foundations of political trust, political trust and the economy and elections. There are essays linking trust to the law, corruption, tax compliance, and economic growth. Authors also discuss how trust shapes cooperation in the international system and how it shapes attitudes toward international institutions and foreign countries"--
Trust --- Trust (Psychology) --- Social aspects. --- Political aspects. --- E-books --- Political sociology --- Attitude (Psychology) --- Emotions --- Social aspects --- Political aspects --- Confiance --- Aspect social --- Aspect politique --- Aspect social. --- Aspect politique.
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Why does corruption persist over long periods of time? Why is it so difficult to eliminate? Suggesting that corruption is deeply rooted in the underlying social and historical political structures of a country, Uslaner observes that there is a powerful statistical relationship between levels of mass education in 1870 and corruption levels in 2010 across 78 countries. He argues that an early introduction of universal education is shown to be linked to levels of economic equality and to efforts to increase state capacity. Societies with more equal education gave citizens more opportunities and power for opposing corruption, whilst the need for increased state capacity was a strong motivation for the introduction of universal education in many countries. Evidence for this argument is presented from statistical models, case studies from Northern and Southern Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as a discussions of how some countries escaped the 'trap' of corruption.
Political corruption --- #SBIB:35H52 --- #SBIB:93H3 --- Boss rule --- Corruption (in politics) --- Graft in politics --- Malversation --- Political scandals --- Politics, Practical --- Corruption --- Misconduct in office --- History --- Ethiek van bestuur en beleid --- Thematische geschiedenis --- Corrupt practices --- History.
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Eric M. Uslaner examines how national identity has become a central issue in political and social life across the world. Questions of identity - who should be counted as a 'true member' of a society and who deserves assistance from the government - have displaced other social and economic issues across nations in many countries. This study considers the role of identity theoretically and in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Hungary, Poland, Israel, and Taiwan.
National characteristics --- Political culture. --- Citizenship. --- Identity politics. --- Political aspects. --- Identity (Psychology) --- Politics of identity --- Political participation --- Birthright citizenship --- Citizenship --- Citizenship (International law) --- National citizenship --- Nationality (Citizenship) --- Political science --- Public law --- Allegiance --- Civics --- Domicile --- Political rights --- Culture --- Characteristics, National --- Identity, National --- Images, National --- National identity --- National images --- National psychology --- Psychology, National --- Anthropology --- Nationalism --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Ethnopsychology --- Exceptionalism --- Political aspects --- Law and legislation --- Welfare state. --- State, Welfare --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Political culture --- Identity politics --- Welfare state
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Why do members of Congress resort to name-calling? In this provocative book, Eric M. Uslaner proposes that Congress is mirroring the increased incivility of American society. He points to five core values - American exceptionalism, enlightened individualism, egalitarianism, science as social engineering. and religion - that have been eroded since the 1960s. The author argues that a lack of trust permeates members of Congress to the point that they would rather seek control than compromise. This, Uslaner contends, is the real cause of gridlock in Washington. The Decline of Comity in Congress demonstrates why institutional reform will not correct this problem and why Americans need to change before their government can.
Legislators --- Courtesy --- Organizational behavior --- Attitudes --- United States. --- United States --- Case studies --- Congress
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Political systems --- Economic conditions. Economic development --- Community organization --- Political sociology --- Social capital (Sociology) --- Social networks --- Civil society --- Political participation --- Social participation --- Economic development --- Democracy --- Capital social (Sociologie) --- Réseaux sociaux --- Société civile --- Participation politique --- Participation sociale --- Développement économique --- Démocratie --- #SBIB:014.GIFTSOC --- #SBIB:17H20 --- #SBIB:324H71 --- #SBIB:324H50 --- Self-government --- Political science --- Equality --- Representative government and representation --- Republics --- Development, Economic --- Economic growth --- Growth, Economic --- Economic policy --- Economics --- Statics and dynamics (Social sciences) --- Development economics --- Resource curse --- Participation, Social --- Community life --- Social groups --- Citizen participation --- Community action --- Community involvement --- Community participation --- Involvement, Community --- Mass political behavior --- Participation, Citizen --- Participation, Community --- Participation, Political --- Political activity --- Political behavior --- Political rights --- Political activists --- Politics, Practical --- Social contract --- Networking, Social --- Networks, Social --- Social networking --- Social support systems --- Support systems, Social --- Interpersonal relations --- Cliques (Sociology) --- Microblogs --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Sociology --- Sociale wijsbegeerte: algemeen --- Politieke verandering: modernisatie, democratisering, regional development --- Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) --- Civil society. --- Democracy. --- Economic development. --- Political participation. --- Social networks. --- Social participation. --- Social capital (Sociology). --- Réseaux sociaux --- Société civile --- Développement économique --- Démocratie
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This edited collection presents the latest quantitative research on how post-communist countries are adapting to Western models of society.
Democratization --- Social capital (Sociology) --- #SBIB:041.IOS --- #SBIB:324H50 --- #SBIB:328H27 --- Capital, Social (Sociology) --- Sociology --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Politieke participatie en legitimiteit (referenda, directe democratie, publieke opinie...) --- Instellingen en beleid: Midden- en Centraal Europa: algemeen
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