How general is trust in "most people"? Solving the radius of trust problem

American Sociological Review

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 786-807

  Delhey, Jan ^a   Newton, Kenneth ^b   Welzel, Christian ^c  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Leuphana University Lüneburg and Higher School of Economics St Petersburg   (Germany)

Author keywords

civicness; general trust; in group out group trust; social capital; trust radius

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY;

EID: 84992258618     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411420817     Document Type: Article

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