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~ (Author) "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..." (more)
Key Phrases: predictive trust, trusting impulse, trustworthy conduct, Rocznik Statystyczny, European Union, East-Central Europe (more...)

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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.

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Paperback: 228 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (January 12, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521598508
ISBN-13: 978-0521598507
Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.9 inches
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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

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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

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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

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This book cites 30 books:

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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4.0 out of 5 stars Good for a start, March 7, 2007

By	V. Lirio Do Valle (Brasil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an intersting book to open a general view in the subject of trust, and it's interface with the social system, and the relations that are stablished in it. It may be a good star to one who is interested in a deeper dive in the subject - but just a start, something to get you familiar with the basics ideas.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sociological Trust in Post Communism, February 13, 2006

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The author presents this book as a cumulative effort to clarify sociological issues surround the study of trust in contemporary society providing a theoretical review of trust as a fundamental component of human actions. Sztompka discusses the foundation and functions of sociological trust theory, the emergence and decay of trust within cultures and identifies functional substitutes for trust. The discussion of trust is presented from the sociological paradigm of communism and postcommunist social order. The book defines several trust phenomena: Sztompka presents several trust "dimensions": trust is an dimension of civic culture; trust becomes an important aspect of civil society, once the concept is given cultural meaning, trust fares is an important dimension of culture and social capital, and trust is linked to post materialistic values. The researcher defines trust as: "a bet about the future contingent actions of others". Sztompka defines three functional substitutes when interpersonal and institutional trust collapses: providentialism: a resigned acceptance of existing conditions; corruption: which replaces all normal channels of power and influence to develop trust purchasing favor, and ghettoization: where individuals escape into enclaves of closeness, familiarity, and security.

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