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Civilizing the Public Sphere

Distrust, Trust and Corruption

Palgrave Macmillan

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology (PSEPS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Civilizing Trust

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 1-23
  3. Boundary Technologies and the Segmentation of Trust

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 24-45
  4. Structured Skepticism and the Production of Trust

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 46-79
  5. What States Do People Trust and How Do They Emerge?

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 80-102
  6. The Organizational Bases of Corruption

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 103-124
  7. More Organization with Fewer People

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 125-159
  8. Social or Public Capital?

    • Apostolis Papakostas
    Pages 160-169
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 170-190

About this book

Examining the interplay between distrust, trust and corruption, this book maps out the social mechanisms that make actors and organizations in the public sphere perform their activities in a civilized manner.

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"This book is a rich and worthwhile contribution. Readers will find insightful critiques of past work and will encounter original theories with which they can debate and enrich their own work across a variety of topics and fields." - Sociologica

Authors and Affiliations

  • Södertörn University, Sweden

    Apostolis Papakostas

About the author

APOSTOLIS PAPAKOSTAS is Professor in the School of Social Sciences at Södertörn University, Sweden.

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