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The Paradox of Diversity. Why Does Interethnic Contact in Voluntary Organizations Not Lead to Generalized Trust?.
Wahideh Achbari
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Hardback. Series: IMISCOE Research Series. Num Pages: 159 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFFN; JHB; JMH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 409.
This book is about ethnic diversity in voluntary organizations and seeks to explain whether intergroup contact contributes to the development of generalized trust. It relies on a novel multilevel design and data from Amsterdam in which 40 voluntary organizations and 463 participants have been sampled. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book argues that cognitive processes are contributing more toward the evaluation of strangers or generalized trust than interethnic contact. Since trusting unknown people is essentially a risky endeavor, this suggests that participants of both association types who report trusting strangers can afford to do so, because they are better educated, ... Read more
This book is about ethnic diversity in voluntary organizations and seeks to explain whether intergroup contact contributes to the development of generalized trust. It relies on a novel multilevel design and data from Amsterdam in which 40 voluntary organizations and 463 participants have been sampled. Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book argues that cognitive processes are contributing more toward the evaluation of strangers or generalized trust than interethnic contact. Since trusting unknown people is essentially a risky endeavor, this suggests that participants of both association types who report trusting strangers can afford to do so, because they are better educated, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Series
IMISCOE Research Series
Number of Pages
145
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319442419
SKU
V9783319442419
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