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Transacting in the absence of trust : Uncertainty and network patterns in post-communism

Lehmbruch, Lehmbruch, B. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2012

interactions are indeed personalized, interpersonal trust in many post-communist countries has failed to compensate for missing … institutional safeguards. Rather, confronted with an environment of low trust and high uncertainty, actors have developed two main … redundancy. Even though trust and enforcement remain low, actors can minimize the consequences of default by maintaining multiple …

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The 2007 'NO CAFTA' movement in Costa Rica: reflecting on social movements and political participation rights

Rudin, Mercedes Alvarez; Hintjens, Helen - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2009

This study addresses political participation rights from the perspective of a social movement. We focus on the case of the NO movement which emerged in Costa Rica in 2007 in the run-up to the Referendum on ratification of the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The study explores some...

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Solidarity economy in Brazil: movement, discourse and practice

Lemaître, Lemaître, A.; Helmsing, Helmsing, A.H.J. - Institute of Social Studies (ISS) - 2011

Solidarity economy initiatives constitute a worldwide phenomenon that is today at the very heart of numerous economic and social debates. They are active in a very diverse number of economic sectors, aiming for example to creating employment and income for poor and low-qualified workers,...

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