Trust--Cambridge Academic Frontier

Author: Peter Szczepanski
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is an important work in social theory by the renowned Polish sociologist, Professor Peter Szczepanski. It provides a comprehensive theoretical explanation of trust as a fundamental component of human behavior. Based on extensive research in the field of trust studies, the book clarifies and explains the concepts and typologies of the notion of trust itself—its meaning, foundations, and functions. Szczepanski proposes an explanatory model for the emergence of trust culture and links the theoretical model to historical developments by examining the 1989 Eastern European revolutions and the subsequent emergence of new social orders. Szczepanski uses statistical data and his own impressive empirical research on trust, conducted in Poland in the late 1990s, to illustrate and support his claims. This book is a conceptually creative and outstanding work, offering significant benefits to scholars and researchers in sociology, political science, and social philosophy.