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Conventional wisdom holds that trust is essential for cooperation between individuals and institutions--such as community organizations, banks, and local governments. Not necessarily so, according to editors Karen Cook, Margaret Levi, and Russell Hardin. Cooperation thrives under a variety of circum-stances. Whom Can We Trust? examines the conditions that promote or constrain trust and advances our understanding of how cooperation really works. From interpersonal and intergroup relations to large-scale organizations, Whom Can We Trust? uses empirical research to show that the need for trust and trustworthiness as prerequisites to cooperation varies widely. Part I addresses the sources of group-based trust. One chapter focuses on the assumption--versus the reality--of trust among coethnics in Uganda. Another examines the effects of social-network position on trust and trustworthiness in urban Ghana and rural Kenya. And a third demonstrates how cooperation evolves in groups where reciprocity is the social norm. Part II asks whether there is a causal relationship between institutions and feelings of trust in individuals. What does--and doesn't--promote trust between doctors and patien

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Author

Cook, Karen S.;Hardin, Russell;Levi, Margaret

Publisher

Russell Sage Foundation Publications

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780871543158

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Psychology, Sociology, Political Science