Given the centrality of 'trust' in both the Theory of Social Quality and as a central motif of life in late modernity, this paper focuses attention on public (mist)trust in social systems and the potential ramifications of engagement with medical services, in addition to feelings of social exclusion and disembeddedness. Using data from a qualitative study of lay perceptions of local primary health care services, the paper reveals the complex and often contradictory ways in which trust is won, developed and lost. In addition, mistrust in local general practitioners (GPs) was found to be a factor of mistrust in a variety of social systems, organisations and institutions of government, rather than solely related to mistrust of either the GPs or the medical system. Nevertheless, there was not a widespread abandonment of the use of GPs or Western medicine, which may partly be explained by the perceived dependence of these people these people on the medical system. Overall, generalised mistrust existed at both inter-personal and systems-based levels and was levied at a variety of social systems and institutions of governance – mistrust was a pervading dimension of life in this community.
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In European Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Nov 2006
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 143–158 (16 total)
Investigating Australians' Trust
Findings from a National Survey
Samantha B. Meyer, Tini C. N. Luong, Paul R. Ward, George Tsourtos, and Tiffany K. Gill
Trust has been identified as an indicator within Social Quality theory. As an important component of social quality, trust has become increasingly important in modern society because literature suggests that trust in a number of democratic countries is declining. Modern technologies and specialties are often beyond the understanding of lay individuals and thus, the need for trusting relations between lay individuals and organizations/individuals has grown. The purpose of the study was to examine the extent to which Australians (dis)trust individuals and organizations/institutions. A national postal survey was conducted with 1,044 respondents recruited using the electronic white pages directory. Findings from multivariate analyses suggest that income, age, sex, and health status are associated with trust in groups of individuals and trust in organizations/institutions. The findings highlight populations where trust needs to be (re)built. Future government policy and practice should utilize these findings as a means of facilitating social quality.
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2012
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 3–23 (21 total)
The Impact of Trust on the Quality of Participation in Development
The Case of Ukraine
Tadashi Hirai
continue to exist even if group membership changes over time. Yet, it would be unrealistic to expect that all inequalities in the power structure can be eliminated. One strategy for escaping this quandary may be to enhance trust in societal relationships
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 72–92 (21 total)
Ana Margarida Sousa Santos
continued circulation of rumors can act as a deterrent to the establishment of peaceful trust relationships between political factions. Mariano's worries for his friend were born out of personal experience. During the riots that shook Mocímboa in September
Thawilwadee Bureekul and Stithorn Thananithichot
Research from various countries demonstrates that trust builds social cohesion and conflicts may be solved as a result. Many alternatives for reconciliation in various countries have been studied and introduced to Thailand. However, the implementation of a reconciliation policy in Thailand seems to be impossible without having the atmosphere of peace building and specifically, trust building. This study aims to measure trust and discuss factors that may be problematic for establishing social cohesion, explaining why the process of reconciliation cannot be successful without trust building. The data from the Social Quality survey conducted by King Prajadhipok's Institute in late 2009 was used. This study finds that Thai society is still fragile because of the decreasing trust among people as well as confidence in various institutions, particularly political institutions.
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2012
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 81–97 (17 total)
Relations of Trust, Questions about Expectations
Reflections on a Photography Project with Young South Africans
Oliver Pattenden
This article stems from my doctoral research, which considers moral contestation relating to education in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Overall, I outline a case for working with young people: addressing asymmetrical institutional and generational relations of power in order to enrich the knowledge generated by research. My focus is a project entitled My Future, which involved approximately forty learners drawing diagrams and using disposable cameras to produce representations of their moral judgements. Notable distinctions between data gathered during two stages of fieldwork, of differing durations, are analysed with reference to my relations with interlocutors and related institutionalised and public discourses of morality. Using the concept of trust, which is established during exchanges of mutually beneficial sociality, I argue that how we understand others depends upon what they expect from us and what we expect of them.
In Anthropology in Action
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- 01 Dec 2015
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 14–26 (13 total)
Marco Sonnberger and Michael Ruddat
financial burdens, perceived fairness of decision processes, trust in key actors, etc.) ( Demski et al. 2015 ), empirical studies are needed that try to disentangle these perceptual patterns. Here, social sciences can provide a valuable contribution to the
In Nature and Culture
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jun 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 253–280 (28 total)
The Case of Australia
Trust During Pandemic Uncertainty—A Qualitative Study of Midlife Women in South Australia
Paul R. Ward, Belinda Lunnay, Kristen Foley, Samantha B. Meyer, Jessica Thomas, Ian Olver, and Emma R. Miller
The purpose of this article is to explore how COVID-19 countermeasures and associated restrictions on “social life” have altered the nature of trust—in governments, the media, “experts,” and the wider public—and to consider the implications for
In The International Journal of Social Quality
- Published (Print):
- 01 Dec 2021
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 289–308 (20 total)
A Phone without Names
Distrust and Duress in Côte d’Ivoire
Kathrin Heitz-Tokpa
his view of humankind in general and that he would never trust his fellow citizens in the way he had trusted them before. 4 Furthermore, incidences related to mobile phones were mentioned several times during our research project on transformations of
In Conflict and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Jan 2018
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 231–244 (14 total)
Howard Cooper
's approach to the biblical text, his way of reading the text – and this of course would be true of his approach to other literary texts as well – is based in trust. He trusts the text, and the teller of the text, and tries to discern what the text is showing