Political and Interpersonal Trust among Peasants: A Reevaluation.

Seligson, Mitchell A.; Salazar X., Jose Manuel

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ERIC Number: EJ218293

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1979

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Political and Interpersonal Trust among Peasants: A Reevaluation.

Seligson, Mitchell A.; Salazar X., Jose Manuel

Rural Sociology, v44 n3 p505-24 Fall 1979

Peasant society has frequently been characterized as being highly suspicious. This paper challenges that notion. After examining peasant distrust as treated in the literature, it discusses a Costa Rican study in which rural inhabitants were found to be more trustful than city dwellers. Peasants were, however, more politically cynical. (DS)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, Negative Attitudes, Political Attitudes, Rural Population, Rural Urban Differences, Urban Population

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Costa Rica

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