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abstract: 'The importance of social trust has become widely accepted in the social
sciences. A number of explanations have been put forward for the stark
variation in social trust among countries. Among these, participation in
voluntary associations received most attention. Yet there is scant
evidence that participation can lead to trust. In this article, the
authors examine a variable that has not gotten the attention it deserves
in the discussion about the sources of generalized trust, namely,
equality. They conceptualize equality along two dimensions: economic
equality and equality of opportunity. The omission of both these
dimensions of equality in the social capital literature is peculiar for
several reasons. First, it is obvious that the countries that score
highest on social trust also rank highest on economic equality, namely,
the Nordic countries, the Netherlands, and Canada. Second, these
countries have put a lot of effort in creating equality of opportunity,
not least in regard to their policies for public education, health care,
labor market opportunities, and (more recently) gender equality The
argument for increasing social trust by reducing inequality has largely
been ignored in the policy debates about social trust. Social capital
research has to a large extent been used by several governments and
policy organizations to send a message to people that the bad things in
their society are caused by too little volunteering. The policy
implications that follow from the authors'' research is that the low
levels of trust and social capital that plague many countries are caused
by too little government action to reduce inequality. However, many
countries with low levels of social trust and social capital may be
stuck in what is known as a social trap. The logic of such a situation
is the following. Social trust will not increase because massive social
inequality, prevails, but the public policies that could remedy this
situation cannot be established precisely because there is a genuine
lack of trust. This lack of trust concerns both ``other people{''''} and
the government institutions that are needed to implement universal
policies.'
affiliation: 'Rothstein, B (Corresponding Author), Univ Gothenburg, Qual Govt Inst,
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Univ Gothenburg, Qual Govt Inst, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Univ Maryland, College Pk, MD 20742 USA.'
author: Rothstein, Bo and Uslaner, Eric M.
author-email: 'bo.rothstein@pol.qu.se
euslaner@gypt.umd.edu'
author_list:
- family: Rothstein
given: Bo
- family: Uslaner
given: Eric M.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1353/wp.2006.0022
eissn: 1086-3338
files: []
issn: 0043-8871
journal: WORLD POLITICS
language: English
month: OCT
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '85'
pages: 41+
papis_id: cb261eab9958b06a88c1d256e6e8bda7
ref: Rothstein2005allall
times-cited: '727'
title: All for all - Equality, corruption, and social trust
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000238854300003
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '264'
volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: International Relations; Political Science
year: '2005'