P Nannestad - Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci., 2008 - annualreviews.org
After discussing issues related to the conceptualization, measurement, and statistical analysis of data on generalized trust, I survey recent empirical work (mainly from about 2000 …
This article studies the global variation in economic preferences. For this purpose, we present the Global Preference Survey (GPS), an experimentally validated survey data set of …
BJ Kalkbrenner, J Roosen - Energy Research & Social Science, 2016 - Elsevier
Citizen participation can be an important means for energy transitions at the local level. However, little is known about citizens' willingness to engage in community-based …
EK Smith, A Mayer - Global Environmental Change, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change presents a global problem that requires a collective, coordinated response to reduce the rate of greenhouse gases currently emitted. But, even in the face of these …
Trust in state institutions is a prominent explanation of social trust. However, previous— mainly cross-sectional—analyses provide limited causal evidence regarding the relationship …
J Delhey, K Newton, C Welzel - American sociological …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Generalized trust has become a paramount topic throughout the social sciences, in its own right and as the key civic component of social capital. To date, cross-national research relies …
Most Americans think that the country is politically divided and polarization will only get worse, not better. Such perceptions of polarization are widespread, but we do not know …
We argue that residential exposure to ethnic diversity reduces social trust. Previous within- country analyses of the relationship between contextual ethnic diversity and trust have been …
The importance of social trust has become widely accepted in the social sciences. A number of explanations have been put forward for the stark variation in social trust among countries …