The Oxford Handbook of Social and Political Trust

Eric M. Uslaner is Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Chongqing, China, and an Honorary Professor of Political Science at the University of Aarhus, in Denmark. He has also been a Fulbright Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University and a Fulbright Professor of American Studies at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is the author of nine books, including The Moral Foundations of Trust; Corruption, Inequality, and the Rule of Law: The Bulging Pocket Makes the Easy Life; Segregation and Mistrust: Diversity, Isolation, and Social Cohesion; and The Historical Roots of Corruption: Mass Education, Economic Inequality, and State Capacity, as well as more than 150 articles.

• Part I. Approaches to the Study of Trust Chapter 1: The Study of TrustEric M. Uslaner Chapter 2: Measuring TrustPaul C. Bauer and Markus Freitag Chapter 3: Social and Political Trust Kenneth Newton, Dietlind Stolle, and Sonja Zmerli Chapter 4: Trust and National IdentityPatti Tamara Lenard and David Miller Chapter 5: Trust and DemocracyMark E. Warren Chapter 6: Ingroup-Outgroup Trust: Barriers, Benefits, and BridgesRoderick M. Kramer Part II. Where Does Social Trust Come From? Chapter 7: Biological and Psychological Influences on Interpersonal and Political TrustMatthew Cawvey, Matthew Hayes, Damarys Canache, and Jeffery J. Mondak Chapter 8: Trust and Participation in AssociationsPamela Paxton and Robert Ressler Part III. How Different Groups Develop Social Trust Chapter 9: Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust Peter Thisted Dinesen and Kim Mannemar Sønderskov Chapter 10: Cultural Persistence or Experiential Adaptation? A Review of Studies Using Immigrants to Examine the Roots of TrustPeter Thisted Dinesen and Kim Mannemar Sønderskov Chapter 11: Trust and Minority GroupsRima Wilkes and Cary Wu Part IV. Social Trust and Rational Choice Chapter 12: Trust and Rational ChoiceKaren S. Cook and Jessica J. Santana Chapter 13: Trust Experiments, Trust Games, and SurveysRick K. Wilson Chapter 14: Trust Games: Game-Theoretic Approaches to Embedded TrustVincent Buskens, Vincenz Frey, and Werner Raub Part V. Comparative Studies of Trust Chapter 15: Trust in Newly Democratic RegimesNatalia Letki Chapter 16: Social and Political Trust in Developing Countries: Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin AmericaRobert Mattes and Alejandro Moreno Part VI. Outcomes of Social Trust Chapter 17: Trust and the Welfare StateStaffan Kumlin, Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen, and Atle Haugsgjerd Chapter 18: New Evidence on Trust and Well-BeingJohn F. Helliwell, Haifang Huang, and Shun Wang Chapter 19: Trust and Population Health Ichiro Kawachi Part VII. Political Consequences of Social Trust Chapter 20: Trust and CorruptionJong-sung You Chapter 21: Trust and Tax MoraleHo Fai Chan, Mohammad Wangsit Supriyadi, and Benno Torgler Chapter 22: Social Trust and Economic GrowthChristian Bjørnskov Part VIII. Political Trust: Where Does It Come From, Why It Matters Chapter 23: Foundations of Political TrustOla Listhaug and Tor Georg Jacobsen Chapter 24: Political Trust and PolarizationMarc J. Hetherington and Thomas J. Rudolph Chapter 25: Economic Performance and Political TrustTom W.G. van der Meer Chapter 26: Trust and ElectionsMarc Hooghe Chapter 27: Trust in JusticeBen Bradford, Jonathan Jackson, and Mike Hough Part IX. Trust in International Relations Chapter 28: Trust in International ActorsPaul R. Brewer, Kimberly Gross, and Timothy Vercellotti Chapter 29: Trust in International PoliticsBrian Christopher Rathbun

Collectively, the essays represent an interdisciplinary approach to investigating subjective measures of trust applied to society and to politics. Each essay provides a thorough review of the topic, an overview of prior research, an examination of key themes or issues, and a discussion of their implications in practice. Included in some essays are helpful figures and tables that summarize information presented in the text. All contain a list of references.