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English Pages xv, 457 pages ; 24 cm Year 2003;1996

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Earl H. Potter III Collection.;Fukuyama
Francis

Table of contents :
Part I. The idea of trust: the improbable power of culture in the making of economic society ---
Part II. Low-trust societies and the paradox of family values ---
Part III. High-trust societies and the challenge of sustaining sociability ---
Part IV. American society and the crisis of trust ---
Part V. Enriching trust: combining traditional culture and modern institutions in the twenty-first century.

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