Creating Social Trust in Post-Socialist Transition

by Susan Rose-Ackerman (Editor), J. Kornai (Editor), B. Rothstein (Editor)

Beneficial social and economic exchange relies on a certain level of trust. But trust is a delicate matter, not least in the former socialist countries where illegitimate behaviour by governments made distrust a habit. The chapters in this volume analyze the causes and the effects of the lack of social trust in post-socialist countries. The contributions originated in the Collegium Budapest project on Honesty and Theory and Experience in the Light of the Post-Socialist Transition. A second volume entitled, Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition , is being published simultaneously.

Genres: Economics

271 pages, Hardcover

First published June 26, 2004