We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more … political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper …

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more … political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper …

We establish an inverse relationship between family ties, generalized trust and political participation. The more … political participation. The latter, together with trust, are part of what is known as social capital, therefore in this paper … places. -- Family ties ; trust ; culture …

Both individual experiences and community characteristics influence how much people trust each other. Using data drawn … from US localities we find that the strongest factors that reduce trust are: i) a recent history of traumatic experiences … disparity. Religious beliefs and ethnic origins do not significantly affect trust. The latter result may be an indication that …