"It's a Battle You Can't Win": Domination and Class Differences in Real-World Trust among Black Families.
How does class affect one's propensity to trust? Previous research finds higher-status actors express less trust than lower-status actors in interpersonal and institutional contexts. Scholars explain this finding as an outcome of structural dependence—when people have few alternative means for acces...
| Publicado en: | American Sociological Review Vol. 89; no. 5; pp. 937 - 970 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Oct2024
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