Trust relation in the 'small world' and social order

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-31

  Tsuji, Ryuhei ^a   Harihara, Motoko ^b  

^a MEIJI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquaintanceship volume; Personal trust and general trust; Transitivity; Watts et al.'s 'Small world' simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041331724     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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