Synopses & Reviews
Why do people lock their doors in their everyday life and why do they trust unknown people they never meet? Why does political corruption prevail in Southern Europe but not in Scandinavia? And do people turn their backs on political parties and voluntary organizations or do organizations turn their back on their members?
In this book, Apostolis Papakostas explores the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption to map out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.
Synopsis
Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.
About the Author
APOSTOLIS PAPAKOSTAS is a professor in the School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University, Sweden.
Table of Contents
Civilizing Trust
Boundary Technologies and the Segmentation of Trust
Structured Skepticism and the Production of Trust
What States do People Trust and How do They Emerge?
The Organizational Bases of Corruption
More Organization with Fewer People
Social or Public Capital?