Experience Matters, After All: What Social Psychology Can Teach Us about Transnational Contact and Trust.
There has been much debate about the causes of trust in abstract groups of strangers such as foreign nations. Some scholars have highlighted the important role of personal experiences in shaping social trust, while others have largely dismissed such experiences. This article suggests that social psy...
| Publicado en: | Political Studies Vol. 72; no. 2; pp. 442 - 463 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
May2024
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