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The Coconut Tree

Geoffrey Hosking

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This chapter offers a brief but critical survey of the main categories of social science theories of trust, suggesting that trust as a concept should not be isolated but related to neighbouring concepts. It emphasizes that trust takes radically different forms in different societies. It then suggests that trust is mediated through symbolic systems and the institutions connected with them. It offers a repertoire of analytical terms through which to study trust: trust networks; trust structures; strong/weak trust; thick/thin trust; trust boundaries.

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This chapter offers a brief but critical survey of the main categories of social science theories of trust, suggesting that trust as a concept should not be isolated but related to neighbouring concepts. It emphasizes that trust takes radically different forms in different societies. It then suggests that trust is mediated through symbolic systems and the institutions connected with them. It offers a repertoire of analytical terms through which to study trust: trust networks; trust structures; strong/weak trust; thick/thin trust; trust boundaries.

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This chapter offers a brief but critical survey of the main categories of social science theories of trust, suggesting that trust as a concept should not be isolated but related to neighbouring concepts. It emphasizes that trust takes radically different forms in different societies. It then suggests that trust is mediated through symbolic systems and the institutions connected with them. It offers a repertoire of analytical terms through which to study trust: trust networks; trust structures; strong/weak trust; thick/thin trust; trust boundaries.

Key concepts: Tree (set theory), Cocos nucifera, Mathematics, Horticulture, Biology, Combinatorics

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