Ethnicity and trust: Evidence from Russia
Ethnicity and trust: Evidence from Russia
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DOI：
10.1017/s0003055405051853
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
6.8
通讯作者：
Wilson, RK
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作者：
Bahry, D;Kosolapov, M;Wilson, RK
信任陌生人的意愿与各种公共利益相关，从更有公民意识、更诚实的政府到更高的经济增长率，等等。但越来越多的研究发现，这种普遍的信任在种族同质性的社会中比在更多元化的社会中更常见。种族差异被认为会滋生更特殊的、群体内的联系，从而破坏普遍的和跨种族的信任。我们认为这个形象太狭隘了，我们提出了一个更广泛的模型来识别引起跨种族信任的因素。使用俄罗斯两个少数民族地区的数据，我们发现该模型得到了相当大的支持。我们还发现，较高的群体或特殊信任不会阻碍对另一个民族的信仰。
The willingness to trust strangers has been associated with a variety of public benefits, from greater civic-mindedness and more honest government to higher rates of economic growth, and more. But a growing body of research finds that such generalized trust is far more common in ethnically homogeneous than in more diverse societies. Ethnic difference is believed to breed more particularistic, ingroup ties, thus undermining both generalized and cross-ethnic trust. We argue that this image is too narrow, and we propose a broader model to identify the factors that give rise to cross-ethnic trust. Using data from two minority regions of Russia, we find considerable support for the model. We also find that high ingroup or particularistic trust is no barrier to faith in another ethnic group.