Creating Social Trust in Post-Socialist Transition [1st ed] 1403964491, 9781403964496, 9781403980663

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Table of contents :
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
Preface......Page 15
Participants in the Project......Page 19
Introduction......Page 22
Part I Social Capital and Democratic Transition......Page 32
One: Social Trust and Honesty in Government: A Causal Mechanisms Approach......Page 34
Two: Honesty, Trust, and Legal Norms in the Transition to Democracy: Why Bo Rothstein is Better Able to Explain Sweden than Romania......Page 52
Part II Trust and the Business Environment......Page 74
Three: Measuring Trust in Transition: Preliminary Findings from 26 Transition Economies......Page 76
Four: Underground Financing in Russia......Page 92
Five: How Trust is Established in Economic Relationships when Institutions and Individuals Are Not Trustworthy: The Case of Russia......Page 112
Six: Establishing Confidence in Business Partners: Courts, Networks, and Relationships as Pillars of Support......Page 132
Seven: The Selective Use of State Capacity in Russia's Economy: Property Disputes and Enterprise Takeovers, 1998–2002......Page 147
Eight: Mafia Transplantation......Page 169
Nine: Beyond Law Enforcement: Governing Financial Markets in China and Russia......Page 188
Part III Trust, Cooperation, and Success......Page 212
Ten: The Emergence of Trust Networks under Uncertainty: The Case of Transitional Economies—Insights from Social Psychological Research......Page 214
Eleven: Blindness to Success: Social Psychological Objectives Along the Way to a Market Economy in Eastern Europe......Page 234
F......Page 262
L......Page 263
R......Page 264
Y......Page 265
Z......Page 266
B......Page 267
D......Page 268
I......Page 269
N......Page 270
S......Page 271
U......Page 272
W......Page 273

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