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 determinate 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...

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 determinate 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...

The chilling novel that inspired the iconic film
The neighbors all whisper about the two sisters who live on the hill: It's Blanche Hudson who lives in that house, you know. The Blanche Hudson, who starred in big Hollywood films all those years ago. Such a shame her career ended so early, all because of that accident. They say it was her sister, Jane, who did it--that she crashed the car because she was drunk. They say that's why she looks after Blanche now, because of the guilt. That's what they say, at least.
Nobody remembers that Jane was once a star...