The political economy of trust : institutions, interests and inter-firm cooperation in Italy and Germany [electronic resource]
- 作者: Farrell, Henry, 1970-.
- 其他題名:
- Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- 出版: Cambridge ;New York : Cambridge University Press
- 叢書名: Cambridge studies in comparative politics
- 主題: Business networks--Italy--Case studies. , Business networks--Germany--Case studies. , Strategic alliances (Business)--Italy--Case studies. , Strategic alliances (Business)--Germany--Case studies. , Rational choice theory--Case studies. , Packaging machinery industry--Italy--Emilia-Romagna. , Machine-tool industry--Germany--Baden-W�rttemberg. , Mafia--Italy--Sicily. , Electronic books.
- ISBN: 9780521886499 (hardback) 、 052188649X (hardback) 、 9780511596933
- FIND@SFXID: CGU
- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- 系統號: 005049728 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
Trust and cooperation are at the heart of the two most important approaches to comparative politics - rational choice and political culture. Yet we know little about trust's relationship to political institutions. This book sets out a rationalist theory of how institutions - and in particular informal institutions - can affect trust without reducing it to fully determine expectations. It then shows how this theory can be applied to comparative political economy, and in particular to explaining inter-firm cooperation in industrial districts, geographical areas of intense small firm collaboration. The book compares trust and cooperation in two prominent districts in the literature, one in Emilia Romagna, Italy, and the other in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It also sets out and applies a theory of how national informal institutions may change as a result of changes in global markets, and shows how similar mechanisms may explain persistent distrust too among Sicilian Mafiosi.