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Social Traps and the Problem of Trust.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (258 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780511200618
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 302.01
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Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Reflections after a long day in Moscow -- The fine art of driving a taxi in Palermo -- But ...how do you get from Moscow to Stockholm? -- On the difficulty of seeing what does not exist -- A possibly true story set in Rome, some time in the late 1960s -- The logic of the social trap -- Game theory as strategic theory -- But when can the game begin? -- How serious is the problem with social traps? -- Social traps and political institutions -- The argument in brief and plan of the book -- 2 On the rational choice of culture -- Culture, rationality, and social traps -- The limitations of existing approaches -- Taking on the realist challenge in political science -- A causal mechanisms approach -- Rationality as subjective rationality -- Culture-as-a-toolbox -- Structure, agency and institutions -- Conclusions -- 3 On the theory and practice of social capital -- Administration Italian-style -- The tragedy of the commons -- The theory of social capital: a critical perspective -- But what is social capital? -- Not just morals. ... -- ...and not just utility -- Social capital: an attempt at definition -- Social capital and other capital -- Back to Adam Smith -- 4 Social capital in the social democratic welfare state -- The organizational landscape: an overview -- Changes in the organizational landscape -- Swedish unions: a special case -- Informal social networks -- Swedish civil society in a comparative perspective -- The trust scene -- Conclusion: the universal welfare state, social capital, and civil society -- 5 How is social capital produced? -- Social capital at the individual level -- Social trust and social intelligence -- Associativeness and social capital -- "The Pajala connection".
The state and social capital -- Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and the question of trust -- An attempt to clarify the causal mechanism -- Needs-testing, universalism, and social capital -- On the implications of origin, and other conclusions -- 6 The problem of institutional credibility -- How are credible institutions created? -- Are efficient institutions really efficient? -- Digression: social services and universalism -- But is itactually possible to create universal institutions? -- The four no solutions: market-hierarchy-norms-institutions -- The problem of na ve rationalism -- The weakness of universal institutions -- Some preliminary conclusions -- 7 Trust and collective memories -- Whatever will be, will be...because it was like it was -- The true nature of humanity and the construction of institutions -- The theory of the collective memory and resolution of the rationalist dilemma -- An example: the Masada myth -- 8 The transition from mistrust to trust -- The labor market as a social trap -- Power, exploitation, and the logic of organization -- The logic of organized interests -- Creating trust between the combatants in the class struggle -- The collapse and its consequences -- The battle for collective memory: round-trip to Ådalen -- The Saltsjöbad Accords: the hidden agenda of trust -- Political institutions and the capacity for trust -- On the difficult art of sending signals about trust -- 9 The conditions of trust and the capacity for dialog -- The temptation of Syracuse -- On the meaning of not being able to know everything about the future -- The capacity for trust and the meaning of honesty in society -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. He argues that it is the existence of universal and impartial political institutions together with public policies which enhance social and economic equality that creates social capital.
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Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Tables and figures -- Tables -- Figures -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Reflections after a long day in Moscow -- The fine art of driving a taxi in Palermo -- But ...how do you get from Moscow to Stockholm? -- On the difficulty of seeing what does not exist -- A possibly true story set in Rome, some time in the late 1960s -- The logic of the social trap -- Game theory as strategic theory -- But when can the game begin? -- How serious is the problem with social traps? -- Social traps and political institutions -- The argument in brief and plan of the book -- 2 On the rational choice of culture -- Culture, rationality, and social traps -- The limitations of existing approaches -- Taking on the realist challenge in political science -- A causal mechanisms approach -- Rationality as subjective rationality -- Culture-as-a-toolbox -- Structure, agency and institutions -- Conclusions -- 3 On the theory and practice of social capital -- Administration Italian-style -- The tragedy of the commons -- The theory of social capital: a critical perspective -- But what is social capital? -- Not just morals. ... -- ...and not just utility -- Social capital: an attempt at definition -- Social capital and other capital -- Back to Adam Smith -- 4 Social capital in the social democratic welfare state -- The organizational landscape: an overview -- Changes in the organizational landscape -- Swedish unions: a special case -- Informal social networks -- Swedish civil society in a comparative perspective -- The trust scene -- Conclusion: the universal welfare state, social capital, and civil society -- 5 How is social capital produced? -- Social capital at the individual level -- Social trust and social intelligence -- Associativeness and social capital -- "The Pajala connection".

The state and social capital -- Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather and the question of trust -- An attempt to clarify the causal mechanism -- Needs-testing, universalism, and social capital -- On the implications of origin, and other conclusions -- 6 The problem of institutional credibility -- How are credible institutions created? -- Are efficient institutions really efficient? -- Digression: social services and universalism -- But is itactually possible to create universal institutions? -- The four no solutions: market-hierarchy-norms-institutions -- The problem of na ve rationalism -- The weakness of universal institutions -- Some preliminary conclusions -- 7 Trust and collective memories -- Whatever will be, will be...because it was like it was -- The true nature of humanity and the construction of institutions -- The theory of the collective memory and resolution of the rationalist dilemma -- An example: the Masada myth -- 8 The transition from mistrust to trust -- The labor market as a social trap -- Power, exploitation, and the logic of organization -- The logic of organized interests -- Creating trust between the combatants in the class struggle -- The collapse and its consequences -- The battle for collective memory: round-trip to Ådalen -- The Saltsjöbad Accords: the hidden agenda of trust -- Political institutions and the capacity for trust -- On the difficult art of sending signals about trust -- 9 The conditions of trust and the capacity for dialog -- The temptation of Syracuse -- On the meaning of not being able to know everything about the future -- The capacity for trust and the meaning of honesty in society -- Bibliography -- Index.

Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. He argues that it is the existence of universal and impartial political institutions together with public policies which enhance social and economic equality that creates social capital.

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