Civilizing the Public Sphere: Distrust, Trust and Corruption [Hardcover]

Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.Civilizing Trust Boundary Technologies and the Segmentation of Trust Structured Skepticism and the Production of Trust What States do People Trust and How do They Emerge? The Organizational Bases of Corruption More Organization with Fewer People Social or Public Capital?

This book is a rich and worthwhile contribution. Readers will find insightful critiques of past work and will encounter original theories with which they can debate and enrich their own work across a variety of topics and fields. - Sociologica