According to the widely known 'culture of honor' hypothesis from social psychology, traditional herding practices are believed to have generated a value system that is conducive to revenge-taking and violence. We test this idea at a global scale using a combination of ethnographic records,...

Introduction : the cultures of migration -- The household in a global perspective -- The growth of migration : mobility, security, insecurity -- Contemporary migration : commuters and internal movers -- Contemporary movers : international migration -- Nonmovers and those who stay behind -- The...

Combining economic, social-psychological and sociological approaches trust, this book provides a general theoretical framework to explain conditional and unconditional trust; it also presents an experimental test of the corresponding integrative model and its predictions. Broadly, it aims at...