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Ethnicity and Trust

Evidence from Russia

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ID3448553
AuthorsDonna Bahry (0000-0001-9954-4101, Pennsylvania State University), Mikhail Kosolapov (Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology), Polina Kozyreva, Polina M Kozyreva (0000-0002-3034-8521, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology), Rick K Wilson (0000-0003-4278-7721, Rice University)
Year2005
Volume99
Issue4
Pages521-532
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Political Science Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-0554 • E-ISSN: 1537-5943
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003055405051853
OpenAlexW2100969447
LanguageEN
Citations received72
References cited46

The willingness to trust strangers has been associated with a variety of public benefits, from greater civic-mindedness and more honest government to higher rates of economic growth, and more. But a growing body of research finds that such generalized trust is far more common in ethnically homogeneous than in more diverse societies. Ethnic difference is believed to breed more particularistic, ingroup ties, thus undermining both generalized and cross-ethnic trust. We argue that this image is too narrow, and we propose a broader model to identify the factors that give rise to cross-ethnic trust. Using data from two minority regions of Russia, we find considerable support for the model. We also find that high ingroup or particularistic trust is no barrier to faith in another ethnic group

Ethnic group · Ethnically diverse · Faith · Government (linguistics · Homogeneous · Ingroups and outgroups · Political science · Variety (cybernetics · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology

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