Akdeniz Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi

Yazarlar: Cerem I. CENKER-ÖZEK

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Generalized trust,Bonding social capital,Bridging social capital,Tie-level data,Multinomial logistic regression

Özet: Generalized trust is important in democratic societies because it fosters co-operative norms which matter for citizen’s-level activism. Individual’s daily social interactions are among the significant determinants of generalized trust. Yet studies often measure social interactions at the group level such as those with the family, colleagues and the neighbors. Present study suggests that rather than group level relations, individual’s both the structure- the extent of the weak and the strong ties-, and the content- whether they are mobilized for expressive action or instrumental action- of informal relations provide better explanations for generalized trust. Thus, the main objective of this study is to explore the relational foundations of generalized trust with individual level tie-based data. For this purpose, the study counts on International Social Science Program’s (ISSP) survey of 2001 on social networks; hence the hypotheses are tested within a comparative cross-country perspective. The analysis suggests positive and significant influence of the kinship ties, which are mobilized for power and wealth and the non-kinship ties, which are mobilized for emotional support, on generalized trust. These findings, in turn, invite for a re-consideration of the conceptual discussion social capital literature posits between informal social relations and generalized trust.

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