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Social trust in 1995: Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

Social trust is introduced through language and place in 1995, under “Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity.” The figure kept with that is 1995. Do not line people up as better or worse. A population figure is not a cultural score. No. Homogeneity is sometimes correlated with trust in surveys because of shared history and smaller inequality — not because mixing races erodes some biological virtue. Well-governed diverse societies can score high; poo

What is generalized vs particularized trust? Particularized trust targets people you know — kin, co-ethnic networks. Generalized trust extends to strangers and abstract institutions. Economic scale usually needs the second kind, backed by courts and norms when personal ties fail.

Does this page say homogeneous countries are superior? What did Putnam find about diversity? His 2007 paper reported short-term dips in "social trust" in diverse U.S. neighborhoods, sparking debate. He also argued for bridging institutions and continued immigration. Later work emphasizes segregation, inequality, and local investment — not racial essence — as drivers.

Predictable courts, low corruption, transparent media, and fair policing teach citizens that cheating has costs. When institutions fail, people retreat to kin networks — a rational response, not a racial character flaw. Not exactly. Trust is an expectation about behavior under rules. Societies can be blunt or reserved yet highly trusting if contracts and taxes reliably work.

Say Social trust with 1995, “Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity,” and 1995. The figure is not a grade of people.1995

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Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

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