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How Political Institutions Create and Destroy Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust

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We have developed an institutional theory of generalized trust. Our argument is that the structure of contemporary institutions is an important and overlooked factor that matters for the generation of generalized trust. In particular, we develop a causal mechanism which explains and specifies the causal flow from impartial, un-biased and un-corrupt, just institutions responsible for the implementation of public policies to generalized trust. The impartiality and efficiency of these institutions influences basically citizens' institutional trust and more specifically (1) how they experience feelings of safety and protection; (2) how citizens make inferences from the system and public officials to other citizens, (3) how citizens observe the behavior of fellow-citizens, and (4) how they experience discrimination against themselves or close others.

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Keywords: Social Capital, Trust, Corruption, Institutions, Bureaucracy, Legal institutions, Police, Courts, Political Trust
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Rothstein, Bo. and Stolle, Dietlind. "How Political Institutions Create and Destroy Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug 28, 2002 <Not Available>. 2009-05-27 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65250_index.html>

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Rothstein, B. and Stolle, D. , 2002-08-28 "How Political Institutions Create and Destroy Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston Marriott Copley Place, Sheraton Boston & Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-27 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p65250_index.html

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Abstract: We have developed an institutional theory of generalized trust. Our argument is that the structure of contemporary institutions is an important and overlooked factor that matters for the generation of generalized trust. In particular, we develop a causal mechanism which explains and specifies the causal flow from impartial, un-biased and un-corrupt, just institutions responsible for the implementation of public policies to generalized trust. The impartiality and efficiency of these institutions influences basically citizens' institutional trust and more specifically (1) how they experience feelings of safety and protection; (2) how citizens make inferences from the system and public officials to other citizens, (3) how citizens observe the behavior of fellow-citizens, and (4) how they experience discrimination against themselves or close others.

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How Political Institutions Create and Destroy Social Capital: An Institutional Theory of Generalized Trust Bo Rothstein & Dietlind Stolle Department of Political Science Department of Political Science Göteborg University McGill University Box 711 855 Sherbrooke St. West SE 405 30 Göteborg Montréal QC H3A 2T7 SWEDEN CANADA Bo.Rothstein@pol.gu.se Dietlind.Stolle@mcgill.ca Paper prepared for the 98 th Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Boston MA August 29­September 2 2002. 2 Introduction: The Theory of Social Capital A new debate
Social Science Work Across Space and Time: A Critical Reflection on Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work. American Political Science Review 90 (3). Uslaner Eric. 2002. The Moral Foundation of Trust. New York: Cambridge University Press. Warren Mark. 2001. Democracy and Association . Princeton: Princeton University Press. Woolcock Michael. 1998. Social Capital and Economic Development. Theory and Society 27 (2):151­208. Woolcook Michael. 2001. The Place of Social Capital in Understanding Social and Economic Outcomes. ISUMA ­ Canadian Journal of Policy


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