Segregation and Mistrust - Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion (Hardcover, New)

Generalized trust - faith in people you do not know who are likely to be different from you - is a value that leads to many positive outcomes for a society. Yet some scholars now argue that trust is lower when we are surrounded by people who are different from us. Eric M. Uslaner challenges this view and argues that residential segregation, rather than diversity, leads to lower levels of trust. Integrated and diverse neighborhoods will lead to higher levels of trust, but only if people also have diverse social networks. Professor 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. He also shows how different immigration and integration policies toward minorities shape both social ties and trust.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2012
First published:	September 2012
Authors:	Eric M. Uslaner
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	284
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-19315-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > General
LSN:	0-521-19315-X
Barcode:	9780521193153

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