Trust in Society

by Cook, Karen S.

• ISBN13: 9780871542489
• ISBN10: 087154248X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation

Author Biography

Karen S. Cook is the Ray Lyman Wilbur Professor of Sociology at Stanford University. Michael Bacharach is professor of economics and director of the Bounded Rationality in Economic Behaviour Research Unit at the University of Oxford, and fellow of Christ Church, Oxford. Jean Ensminger is professor of anthropology at the California Institute of Technology. Diego Gambetta is reader in sociology at the University of Oxford, and fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Robert Gibbons is Sloan Distinguished Professor of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Russell Hardin is professor of politics at New York University and professor of political science at Stanford University. Carol A. Heimer is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University and senior research fellow at the American Bar Association. Jack Knight is the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis. Roderick M. Kramer is professor in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. Gerry Mackie is research fellow in the Social and Political Theory Group within the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. David M. Messick is Morris and Alice Kaplan Professor of Ethics and Decision in Management at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Gary Miller is professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis. Victor Nee is Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology at Cornell University. Jimy Sanders is professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina. Dietlind Stolle is assistant professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh. Tom R. Tyler is professor of psychology at New York University. Toshio Yamagishi is professor of social psychology at Hokkaido University in Japan.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Trust in Society	xi
Karen S. Cook
PART I CONCEPTIONS OF TRUST	1	(118)
Conceptions and Explanations of Trust	3	(37)
Russell Hardin
Solving the Problem of Trust	40	(49)
Carol A. Heimer
Trust as a Form of Shallow Morality	89	(30)
David M. Messick
Roderick M. Kramer
PART II TRUST: SOCIAL BASES AND SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES	119	(164)
Trust as a Form of Social Intelligence	121	(27)
Toshio Yamagishi
Trust in Signs	148	(37)
Michael Bacharach
Diego Gambetta
Reputations, Trust, and the Principal Agent Problem	185	(17)
Jean Ensminger
Clubs and Congregations: The Benefits of Joining an Association	202	(43)
Dietlind Stolle
Patterns of Social Trust in Western Europe and Their Genesis	245	(38)
Gerry Mackie
PART III TRUST: NETWORK, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BASES	283	(110)
Why Do People Rely on Others? Social Identity and Social Aspects of Trust	285	(22)
Tom R. Tyler
Why Is Trust Necessary in Organizations? The Moral Hazard of Profit Maximization	307	(25)
Gary Miller
Trust in Social Structures: Hobbes and Coase Meet Repeated Games	332	(22)
Robert Gibbons
Social Norms and the Rule of Law: Fostering Trust in a Socially Diverse Society	354	(20)
Jack Knight
Trust in Ethnic Ties: Social Capital and Immigrants	374	(19)
Victor Nee
Jimy Sanders
Index	393