Go to Eric Uslaner's website at the University of Maryland, dept of Government and Politics Barry ___________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman Professor of Sociology NetLab Director [log in to unmask] http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 ___________________________________________________________________ To Live is To Network To Network is To Live On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Matej Cepl wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 15:53:22 -0400 > From: Matej Cepl <[log in to unmask]> > Reply-To: [log in to unmask] > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Trust, rules and values > > Hi, > > I am a lawyer, now getting to study for my PhD program on > sociology and political science of law. When looking on the > issues debated in this list, and other documents which have some > relation with, it seems to me, that whole study of the social > capital is oriented on the structure, organization, etc. and > much less on the real effects of trust concerning the > development of rules of human conduct (again, I am a lawyer), > enforceability of contracts etc. > > Is anybody able to propose some recommended reading aside from > the notorieties as Fukuyama's Trust, or books by Putnam? > > Thanks for any response > > Matej Cepl >