Trust, Culture, and Cooperation: A Social Dilemma Analysis of Pro-Environmental Behaviors
In: The sociological quarterly: TSQ, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 424-449
ISSN: 1533-8525
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In: The sociological quarterly: TSQ, Band 54, Heft 3, S. 424-449
ISSN: 1533-8525
In: Social psychology quarterly: SPQ ; a journal of the American Sociological Association, Band 74, Heft 4, S. 341-360
ISSN: 1939-8999
Solutions to social dilemmas require cooperation. Given that there are commonly multiple avenues for cooperation, sometimes social dilemmas require coordination of strategies in addition to sufficient cooperation to be successful. This study examines one social dilemma where such coordination is necessary: supporting the general welfare. Using World Values Survey data from 33 nations, we compare active membership in charitable organizations versus attitudes toward government welfare programs as examples of two different types of cooperation. We argue that culture influences the form of cooperation a group adopts via the amount of trust it generates. Specifically, individualist cultures promote relatively high levels of trust, which produce first-order cooperation (here, involvement in charitable organizations). Collectivist cultures generate relatively low trust levels, facilitating second-order cooperation (here, greater support for government welfare programs). Findings support our arguments and thus suggest that culture, mediated by trust, shapes individuals' perceptions about creating and sustaining public goods.
In: The journal of mathematical sociology, Band 37, Heft 2, S. 113-130
ISSN: 1545-5874