What have we learned about generalized trust, if anything?

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 11, Issue , 2008, Pages 413-436

  Nannestad, Peter ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concepts; Consequences; Determinants; Levels and dynamics; Measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 47549112747     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.11.060606.135412     Document Type: Article

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