Citations
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Taylor et al. 2010 (†507)
Taylor, Paul, Cary Funk, and April Clark. Americans and Social Trust: Who, Where and Why." (Pew Research Center, [2010?]).URL: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/10/SocialTrust.pdf
Existing Citations
- social trust (p. 1): Social trust is a belief in the honesty, integrity and reliability of others – a "faith in people." It’s a simple enough concept to describe. But it’s never been easy to figure out who trusts, or why. (†789)
- social trust (p. 2-3): The question of what explains social trust – and why certain societies are more trusting than others – has long fascinated social scientists. Many theories have been advanced – personal optimism; voluntary associations; homogeneous societies; equal opportunities; honest governments – but over the years, not all have stood up to empirical scrutiny. Cross-national surveys have found that the highest levels of social trust are in the homogeneous, egalitarian, well-to-do countries of Scandinavia, while the lowest levels of trust tend to be found in South America, Africa and parts of Asia. In these multi-national comparative surveys, the U.S. population ranks in the upper middle range of trust. (†790)