Trust and Transitions - Social Capital in a Changing World (Paperback, Unabridged edition)

Employing a range of empirical and theoretical approaches, contributors to this volume examine the nature and function of trust from within the framework of social capital theory. The empirically oriented chapters focus on post-Communist countries, including Serbia and Montenegro, Romania and, especially, the Czech Republic. Indeed, the collection contains an entire section devoted to analyzing trust and transition in the wake of the "velvet revolution." The theoretical chapters engage the work of Tocqueville, Putnam, and Uslaner, among others, as they seek to clarify and rethink what in fact trust is, where trust originates, the causal relevance of trust for successful marketization and democratization, and the extent to which existing conceptions of social capital can be adequately deployed in diverse contexts. With contributions from noted American and Central European political scientists, sociologists, and philosophers, this book presents an illuminating set of contemporary perspectives on the complex role of trust in times of transition.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	July 2009
Editors:	Joseph D Lewandowski • Milan Znoj
Dimensions:	212 x 148 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With dust jacket
Pages:	342
Edition:	Unabridged edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4438-0995-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > General
LSN:	1-4438-0995-0
Barcode:	9781443809955

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