| Description |
vi, 296 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Defining Trust. What is trust? Trust - a prerequisite of order? -- 2. Classical Sociology and the Search for Order. Utilitarian theory and Spencer's competitive solidarity. Toennies' communal ethic. Durkheim's organic solidarity. Simmel's constitutive forms of relationship - exchange and reciprocity. Weber's conflation of communal and associative relationships. Types of order and trust -- 3. Functions of Trust. The integrative function of trust - Talcott Parsons. Reduction of complexity - trust in Niklas Luhmann's writing. Trust as a ludricant of cooperation - the rational choice approach. Trust and modernity: Giddens' approach. How to study trust -- 4. Trust as Habitus. Habits and rules of social interactions: predictability. Reputation and rules of social distanciation: reliability. Rules of remembrance: legibility -- 5. Trust as Passion. Trust and family. Trust and friendship. Trust and society --6. Trust as Policy. Trust and solidarity. Trust and toleration |
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Trust and legitimacy |
| Analysis |
Social behaviour |
| Notes |
Bibliography: p. 270-287. Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Civil society.
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Social contract.
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Solidarity.
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Trust.
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| LC no. |
95047706 |
| ISBN |
0745612482 |
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0745616348 (paperback) |
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