understandings, trust and reciprocity, which underpin co-operation and collective action for mutual benefits that creates the base … for economic prosperity. Social capital like trust could be accumulated when people interact in a purposeful manner with …

This paper provides evidence that bridging and bonding social capital as well as social trust may interdependently … "low trust trap" where deficits of bridging social capital and trust reinforce each other in lowering individuals' incomes … bridging social capital and more trust. We discuss our empirical results by providing an assessment of their robustness, and …

prosocial behaviour in the Palestinian territories, with a focus on the role of trust and institutions. Drawing on a unique … and the Gaza Strip, we have found that institutional trust is the strongest predictor of prosociality. This result … suggests that, in collectivist societies with low levels of generalized trust, the lack of citizens’ confidence in the fairness …

trust as a key variety of social capital and it's status among the Poles. Indicated are also differences between the … suspicion, mistrust and functional substitutes for trust. The whole is complemented by breakdown of bottom-up methods of social …