Civilizing The Public Sphere Distrust Trust And Corruption
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781137030412
Description: Why do people lock their doors in their everyday life and why do they trust unknown people they never meet? Why does political corruption prevail in Southern Europe but not in Scandinavia? And do people turn their backs on political parties and voluntary organizations or do organizations turn their back on their members? In this book, Apostolis Papakostas explores the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption to map out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.