Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation: Theory, Experiments, and Field Studies

book: Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2020

Advances in the Sociology of Trust and Cooperation

Theory, Experiments, and Field Studies

Edited by: Vincent Buskens , Rense Corten and Chris Snijders

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110647495

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The problem of cooperation is one of the core issues in sociology and social science more in general. The key question is how humans, groups, organizations, institutions, and countries can avoid or overcome the collective good dilemmas that could lead to a Hobbesian "war of all against all".

The chapters in this book provide state of the art examples of research on this crucial topic. These include theoretical, laboratory, and field studies on trust and cooperation, thereby approaching the issue in three complementary and synergetic ways. The theoretical work covers articles on trust and control, reputation formation, and paradigmatic articles on the benefits and caveats of abstracting reality into models. The laboratory studies test the implications of different models of trust and reputation, such as the effects of social and institutional embeddedness and the potentially emerging inequalities this may cause. The field studies test these implications in applied settings such as business purchasing and supply, informal care, and different kinds of collaboration networks.

This book is exemplary for rigorous social science. The focus is on effects of social conditions, in particular different forms of social and institutional embeddedness, on social outcomes at the macro level. Modelling efforts are applied to connect social conditions to social outcomes through micro-level behavior in ways that are easily overlooked when argumentation is intuitive and impressionistic. The book sets forth a mixed-method approach by applying different empirical methods to test hypotheses about similar questions. Several contributions re-evaluate the theoretical strengths and weaknesses following from the laboratory and field studies. Improving the theory in light of these findings facilitates pushing the boundaries of social science .

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Vincent Buskens; Rense Corten, Utrecht University; Chris Snijders, Eindhoven University, Netherlands

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	I
Contents Open Access Download PDF	V
1. Complementary Studies on Trust and Cooperation in Social Settings: An Introduction Vincent Buskens, Rense Corten and Chris Snijders Open Access Download PDF	1
Part I: Theoretical Contributions
2. Institutional Design and Human Motivation: The Role of Homo Economicus Assumptions Thomas Voss Open Access Download PDF	15
3. Rational Choice Theory, the Model of Frame Selection and Other Dual-Process Theories. A Critical Comparison Karl-Dieter Opp Open Access Download PDF	41
4. Too Simple Models in Sociology: The Case of Exchange Marcel A. L. M. van Assen and Jacob Dijkstra Open Access Download PDF	75
5. Rational Exploitation of the Core by the Periphery? On the Collective (In)efficiency of Endogenous Enforcement of Universal Conditional Cooperation in a Core-Periphery Network Andreas Flache Open Access Download PDF	91
6. Reputation Effects, Embeddedness, and Granovetter’s Error Siegwart Lindenberg, Rafael Wittek and Francesca Giardini Open Access Download PDF	113
7. Robustness of Reputation Cascades Arnout van de Rijt and Vincenz Frey Open Access Download PDF	141
8. Organized Distrust: If it is there and that Effective, Why Three Recent Scandals? Henk Flap and Wout Ultee Open Access Download PDF	153
9. Polarization and Radicalization in the Bounded Confidence Model: A Computer-Aided Speculation Rainer Hegselmann Open Access Download PDF	199
10. Local Brokerage Positions and Access to Unique Information Michał Bojanowski Open Access Download PDF	229
11. Who Gets How Much in Which Relation? A Flexible Theory of Profit Splits in Networks and its Application to Complex Structures Thomas Gautschi Open Access Download PDF	249
Part II: Experimental Tests
12. Social Identity and Social Value Orientations Ozan Aksoy Open Access Download PDF	295
13. Does Money Change Everything? Priming Experiments in Situations of Strategic Interaction Fabian Winter and Andreas Diekmann Open Access Download PDF	309
14. Social Norms and Commitments in Cooperatives – Experimental Evidence Martin Abraham, Kerstin Lorek and Bernhard Prosch Open Access Download PDF	319
15. Rational Choice or Framing? Two Approaches to Explain the Patterns in the Fehr-Gächter-Experiments on Cooperation and Punishment in the Contribution to Public Goods Hartmut Esser Open Access Download PDF	335
16. Maverick: Experimentally Testing a Conjecture of the Antitrust Authorities Christoph Engel and Axel Ockenfels Open Access Download PDF	357
17. Cooperation, Reputation Effects, and Network Dynamics: Experimental Evidence Rense Corten, Vincent Buskens and Stephanie Rosenkranz Open Access Download PDF	391
18. Comparing Consequences of Carrots and Sticks on Cooperation in Repeated Public Good Games Davide Barrera, Vincent Buskens and Vera de Rover Open Access Download PDF	417
Part III: Field Studies
19. A Sociological View on Hierarchical Failure: The Effect of Organizational Rules on Exchange Performance in Buyer- Supplier Transactions Gerrit Rooks, Chris Snijders and Frits Tazelaar Open Access Download PDF	443
20. Organizational Innovativeness Through Inter-Organizational Ties Ferry Koster Open Access Download PDF	465
21. A Transaction Cost Approach to Informal Care Anne Roeters, Esther de Ruijter and Tanja van der Lippe Open Access Download PDF	483
22. Trust is Good – Or is Control Better? Trust and Informal Control in Dutch Neighborhoods – Their Association and Consequences Beate Volker Open Access Download PDF	499
23. Religious Diversity and Social Cohesion in German Classrooms: A Micro-Macro Study Based on Empirical Simulations Tom A. B. Snijders Open Access Download PDF	525
Notes on the Editors and Contributors Open Access Download PDF	545

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Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Analytical sociology scholars and institutional libraries worldwide.
Pages
- Front matter: 7
- Main content: 450
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 59
- Coloured Illustrations: 7
- Tables: 53
Keywords: Analytical sociology; cooperation; trust; social networks; institutions

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Published: October 26, 2020
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ISBN: 9783110647013