social trust

collocation in English

meaningsofsocialandtrust

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social
adjective
uk
/ˈsəʊ.ʃəl/
us
/ˈsoʊ.ʃəl/
relating to activities in which you meet and spend time with other people and that happen during the time when you are ...
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trust
noun
uk
/trʌst/
us
/trʌst/
the belief that you can trust someone ...
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(Definition ofsocialandtrustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are no notable national differences in the distribution of types ofsocialtrust.
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Responses to both questions are considered together to construct a four-fold typology ofsocialtrust.
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This indicates that associational membership directly influences political activism, not throughsocialtrust.
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This shows thatsocialtrustplays no role in stimulating political activism.
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Secondly, the erosion insocialtrusthas been more substantial among some groups than others.
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In contrast,socialtrust, the other key attribute of social capital, does the opposite.
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This indicates thatsocialtrustplays a more important role in fostering support for democracy.
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It is notable that the young were now the age group expressing the lowest levels ofsocialtrust.
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I focus on this dimension of the value-system because it relates logically to a person's level ofsocialtrust.
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These findings develop on other work that has examined the proposition thatsocialtrustis an effect rather than a cause of democracy.
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In the second model we added types ofsocialtrustas explanatory variables to the first model.
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They also suggested the possibility thatsocialtrustmight be an effect, not the determinant, of a political system.
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In contrast, even after types ofsocialtrustare controlled, the effects of types of social involvement are substantial and in the expected direction.
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When levels ofsocialtrustin 1993 are regressed on the subsequent (1993-98) democratization (controlling for the levels of economic development), its effect is statistically insignificant.
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In this section, we assess this thesis at the micro-level by analyzing the relationship between social involvement andsocialtrust.
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It is important to note that the effects of types of social involvement on political activism remain unchanged even after types ofsocialtrustare controlled.
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Note that this relationship between these indicators andsocialtrustremains strong when a range of controls, including age, are applied.
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Finally, we relate our findings to other research that has implications for understanding the connections betweensocialtrustand the quality of democracy across differing political regime types.
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The effects ofsocialtrustare nonexistent.
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By includingsocialtrustas a separate independent variable, our estimates of the effects of good government are independent of those flowing through higher levels ofsocialtrust.
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