Does Diversity Drive Down Trust?

Arbeitspapier

Some researchers claim that diverse populations lead to less trust. Generalized trust is a core value that leads to positive outcomes in societies

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 69.2006

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification ; Comparative Studies of Countries ; Bureaucracy; Administrative Processes in Public Organizations; Corruption
• Subject: Trust ; Diversity ; Corruption ; from greater tolerance of minority groups and immigrants and willingness to do good deeds, to less corruption, more social welfare and education spending, more open markets, and better functioning government. Generalized trust fundamentally rests upon a foundation of respect for diversity, but at the same time arguing that societies have a common culture. It is the idea that people have a shared fate. Generalized trust rests upon a foundation of economic equality. Yet some claim that diversity leads to less trust rather than more trust. Trusting people who are different from yourself is atypical of most people, they claim. I dispute this ; Vertrauen ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Korruption ; Welt ; Ethnische Beziehungen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Uslaner, Eric M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2006

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/73990
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET