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Piotr Sztompka presents a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and explains its meaning, foundations and functions. He illustrates and supports his claims with statistical data and his own impressive empirical study of trust, carried out in Poland after the collapse of communism. This conceptually creative and elegant work will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political science and social philosophy.
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Piotr Sztompka here presents a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and explains its meaning, foundations and functions. Piotr Sztompka illustrates and supports his claims with statistical data and his own impressive empirical study of trust, carried out in Poland after the collapse of communism. This conceptually creative and elegant work will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political science and social philosophy.
Piotr Sztompka presents a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and explains its meaning, foundations and functions. He illustrates and supports his claims with statistical data and his own impressive empirical study of trust, carried out in Poland after the collapse of communism. This conceptually creative and elegant work will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political science and social philosophy.
Book Description
Piotr Sztompka here presents a comprehensive theoretical account of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Professor Sztompka's detailed and systematic study takes account of the rich evolving research on trust, and explains its meaning, foundations and functions. Piotr Sztompka illustrates and supports his claims with statistical data and his own impressive empirical study of trust, carried out in Poland after the collapse of communism. This conceptually creative and elegant work will be of interest to scholars and students of sociology, political science and social philosophy.
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From its birth in the nineteenth century, sociology has been torn between two alternative emphases: the focus on social collectivities (societies) and the focus on socially embedded individuals (social actors). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
predictive trust, trusting impulse, trustworthy conduct, entrusting something, obsessive distrust, systemic trust, granting trust, social becoming, breaching trust, primary trust, trust vested, occupational elites, trust culture, meeting trust, generalized distrust, postcommunist societies, generalized trust, placing trust, soft variables, existential security, social moods, institutional trust, societal members, pervasive distrust, structural opportunities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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From its birth in the nineteenth century, sociology has been torn between two alternative emphases: the focus on social collectivities (societies) and the focus on socially embedded individuals (social actors). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
predictive trust, trusting impulse, trustworthy conduct, entrusting something, obsessive distrust, systemic trust, granting trust, social becoming, breaching trust, primary trust, trust vested, occupational elites, trust culture, meeting trust, generalized distrust, postcommunist societies, generalized trust, placing trust, soft variables, existential security, social moods, institutional trust, societal members, pervasive distrust, structural opportunities Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Rocznik Statystyczny, European Union, East-Central Europe, Francis Fukuyama, International Economic Report, Jeffrey Alexander, World War, Bernard Barber, Jacek Kuron, Lech Walesa, Pope John Paul, United States New!
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- The Structure of Social Action, Vol. 1: Marshall, Pareto, Durkeim by Talcott Parsons in Back Matter
- Rules of Sociological Method by Emile Durkheim in Back Matter
- Culture and Agency: The Place of Culture in Social Theory by Margaret S. Archer in Back Matter
- Modernity and the Holocaust by Zygmunt Bauman in Back Matter
- The Division of Labor in Society by Emile Durkheim in Back Matter
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- The Moral Limits of Law: Obedience, Respect, and Legitimacy by Ruth C. A. Higgins on page 60, and Back Matter
- Communism and the Emergence of Democracy by Harald Wydra on page 77, and page 278
- Building Trust: Overcoming Suspicion In International Conflict (Suny Series in Global Politics; Suny Series in Israeli Studies) by Aaron M. Hoffman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Science, Social Theory and Public Knowledge by Alan Irwin in Back Matter
- Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics (Gifford Lectures, 2001) by Onora O'Neill on page 8
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