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Social trust as the Nordic X-factor:A double-edged sword?

Year: 2025

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The Nordic countries are known for their exceptionally high levels of social trust, helpfulness, and wealth. High social trust among a large majority of honest, trustworthy hard-riders may indeed help explain why welfare systems in these countries have not collapsed despite their evident downside: strong incentives for exploitation by what we term easy-riders within the populations. These ‘friendly’ and highly democratic states provide generous social benefits, and they are therefore subject to relatively easy and almost risk-free exploitation if hard-riders exhibit blind trust and fail to reveal and discipline the easy-riders in the given socio-political context

Source: De Gruyter eBooks

DOI: 10.1515/9783112205266/html?lang=en&srsltid=afmboopdalgdsjtrrblz3uno6vu_eo4nwsdryklipun-yrcfk8evy-kb

Authors: Haase Svendsen, Gunnar Lind, Svendsen, Gert Tinggaard; id_orcid 0000-0003-1463-5421

Language: English

Topic: Social Policy and Reform Studies

Subfield: Political Science and International Relations

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7116669037

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