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Explaining the emergence of social trust: Denmark and Germany
Die Entstehung vom sozialen Vertrauen erklären: Dänemark und Deutschland
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Abstract "How does social trust emerge in a country? By comparing the cases of Denmark and Germany through six historical phases, the authors suggest that a plausible explanation is long run political stability. In Denmark, social trust was arguably allowed to accumulate slowly over time and was probably not... view more
"How does social trust emerge in a country? By comparing the cases of Denmark and Germany through six historical phases, the authors suggest that a plausible explanation is long run political stability. In Denmark, social trust was arguably allowed to accumulate slowly over time and was probably not destroyed up till the universal welfare state of the 20th century. In Germany, however, political instability since the first German state building hampered the emergence and maintenance of social trust, which is why social trust was never allowed to grow in this country." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
Federal Republic of Germany; Denmark; international comparison; confidence; historical analysis; welfare state; methodology; state formation; political stability; feudalism; Germany; liberalization; historical social research; comparison; Scandinavia; type of government; science of history; political system; comparative research
Classification
General History
Social Security
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Political System, Constitution, Government
Method
historical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2012
Page/Pages
p. 351-367
Journal
Historical Social Research, 37 (2012) 3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.37.2012.3.351-367
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed