SOCIAL TRAPS AND THE PROBLEM OF TRUST by Bo Rothstein ( 9780521612821 )

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SOCIAL TRAPS AND THE PROBLEM OF TRUST

By:

Bo Rothstein

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0521612829

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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

6 October, 2005

Series:

Theories of Institutional Design

Pages:

260

Description:

This book focuses on the role of political institutions in explaining the variation in social trust and social capital among countries.

Synopsis:

A 'social trap' is a situation where individuals, groups or organisations are unable to cooperate owing to mutual distrust and lack of social capital, even where cooperation would benefit all. Examples include civil strife, pervasive corruption, ethnic discrimination, depletion of natural resources and misuse of social insurance systems. Much has been written attempting to explain the problem, but rather less material is available on how to escape it. In this book, Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. He argues that it is the existence of universal and impartial political institutions together with public policies which enhance social and economic equality that creates social capital. By introducing the theory of collective memory into the discussion, Rothstein makes an empirical and theoretical claim for how universal institutions can be established.

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Cambridge University Press

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