The Political Economy of Trust - Institutions, Interests, and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy and Germany (Hardcover)

Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust s relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determinate expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-W rttemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
Release date:	August 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	Henry Farrell
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-88649-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics
LSN:	0-521-88649-X
Barcode:	9780521886499

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