Recently trust has appeared as a key concept for understanding collective action. Trust makes it possible for people to enter into relationships of dependency and cooperation. The particular focus of this book is trust in public institutions in South Africa: to what extent do people trust or distrust public institutions, what makes public institutions trustworthy, and how do trustworthy institutions affect generalized social trust among strangers? Through its various contributions, the book provides an understanding of the dynamics of trust-building in South Africa in relation to national and local institutions, and within various sectors such as agriculture, health and education. The studies are also pertinent to developing countries in general. The volume analyzes specific instantiations of trust/distrust relationships and trust - inducing/reducing conditions in a South African context. This empirical thrust differentiates the book from other literatures and asserts it as a specific South African investigation of different areas and cases in which trust (or the lack thereof) contribute to development.
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Steinar Askvik is from the University of Bergen, Norway. Nelleke Bak is from the University of the Western Cape in the Republic of South Africa and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
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A few years ago, a partnership of researchers in South Africa and Norway decided to focus on trust relationships that pertain between South African members of society and their public institutions in the spheres of local and federal government; land, housing and water issues; health services; tax collection; and education. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
arms procurement package, ideological trust, arms procurement deal, experiential trust, emerging farmers, permanent delegates, compliance behaviour, local water users, generalised trust, trustworthy behaviour, governing body members, special delegates, school governing bodies, generalized trust, cultural brokerage, daily savings, portfolio committees, institutional trust, school governing body, educational relationships, low trust society, senior administrative officer, land affairs, trust relations, unconditional trust Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town, Northern Cape, People's Dialogue, National Assembly, Slum Dwellers International, Joint Report, Public Accounts, Department of Land Affairs, Direct Oblimin, World Bank, Department of Agriculture, East Rand, National Treasury, National Water Act, Standing Committee, Africa Tanzania New!
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A few years ago, a partnership of researchers in South Africa and Norway decided to focus on trust relationships that pertain between South African members of society and their public institutions in the spheres of local and federal government; land, housing and water issues; health services; tax collection; and education. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
arms procurement package, ideological trust, arms procurement deal, experiential trust, emerging farmers, permanent delegates, compliance behaviour, local water users, generalised trust, trustworthy behaviour, governing body members, special delegates, school governing bodies, generalized trust, cultural brokerage, daily savings, portfolio committees, institutional trust, school governing body, educational relationships, low trust society, senior administrative officer, land affairs, trust relations, unconditional trust Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town, Northern Cape, People's Dialogue, National Assembly, Slum Dwellers International, Joint Report, Public Accounts, Department of Land Affairs, Direct Oblimin, World Bank, Department of Agriculture, East Rand, National Treasury, National Water Act, Standing Committee, Africa Tanzania New!
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- Democracy and Trust by Mark E. Warren on 7 pages
- Trust and Governance (Russel Sage Foundation Series on Trust, Volume 1) by Valerie Braithwaite on 4 pages
- Trust in Organizations: Frontiers of Theory and Research by Roderick M Kramer on 4 pages
- Prospects of Democracy: A study of 172 countries by Tatu Vanhanen in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Local Government (Aspects of Britain) by Central Office of Information in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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