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1、SocIndicResDOI10.1007/s11205-010-9670-zSocialDiversity,InstitutionsandTrust:ACross-NationalAnalysisMing-ChangTsai•LeslieLaczko•ChristianBjørnskovAccepted:30May2010ÓSpringerScience+BusinessMediaB.V.2010AbstractThiscross-nationalinvestigationexamineshypothesesderivedfromtwomajoralternativeperspe
2、ctivesonthedeterminantsoftrustincontemporarysocieties.Isasocietyslevelofgeneralizedtrustafunctionofitsethniccomposition,orofitstypeofgover-nanceandpoliticalsystem?Theargumentthatsocialdiversity(ethnic,linguistic,andreligious)leadstolowerlevelsoftrust,atleastintheshortrun,isassessedwithcross-na
3、tionaldata(N=98).Twohypothesesderivedfromthisperspectivearenotconfirmed.Thealternativerationalgovernanceargument,whichholdsthattrustisafunctionofrationalgovernance,stabledemocracy,andcivilrightsisalsoassessed.Threehypothesesderivedfromthispoliticalperspectiverevealmixedresults.Thefindingshighlig
4、htthecomplexinterplayofmultiplefactorsinshapingasocietysoveralllevelofgeneralizedtrust.KeywordsSocialdiversityInterpersonaltrustGovernanceDemocracy1IntroductionTrustdefinitelyisoneofthemostsalientpreoccupationsofresearchendeavorsinthecontemporarysocialsciences.SincetheseminalworkofRobertPutn
5、am(1993,2000),numerousstudieshaveattemptedtoidentifythefundamentalcharacteristicsoftrustandrelateitanditsrelativessuchassocialnetworksandsocialcapitaltoimportantsocialandeconomicoutcomes.Totrustistobelieveothersdespiterisk.Inherentinsuchinterpersonalrelationshipsisabasicpresumptionthatactiviti
6、esofotherscannotbemonitored(MisztalM.-C.Tsai(&)NationalTaipeiUniversity,Taipei,Taiwan,ROCe-mail:mtsai@mail.ntpu.edu.twL.LaczkoDepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,UniversityofOttawa,Ottawa,CanadaC.BjørnskovAarhusSchoolofBusiness,AarhusUniversity,Aarhus,Denmark123M.-C.Tsaietal.1996:18).Asaresul
7、t,relationshipsinvolveacertainlevelofuncertainty.Riskcanbereduced,however.Networksbreedtrustanddiscouragemalfeasance(Granovetter1985).Ineconomicexchanges,interpersonaltrustandsocialnetworksstructurehumantransac-tionsinmutualobligatoryse
