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The State and the Development of Social Trust

Francisco Herreros

Institute of Public Goods and Policies (CSIC), C/Albajanz 26-28 28037 Madrid, Spain, herreros{at}iesam.csic.es

Henar Criado

Departamento de Ciencia Política I, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Campus de Somosaguas, 28223-Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain, henar{at}ceacs.march.es

The role of the state in the promotion of social or generalized trust is one of the most important ongoing topics in social capital research. We suggest that the state can play a positive role in the creation of social trust as a third-party enforcer of private agreements. This positive effect depends on the efficacy of the state. We also argue that the effects of the state on social trust will be unevenly distributed among majoritarian and minoritarian ethnic groups. These hypotheses are tested using the European Social Survey (2002—03) and confirmed for a dataset of 22 European countries.

Key Words: Trust • State efficacy • Corruption

International Political Science Review, Vol. 29, No. 1, 53-71 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0192512107083447
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