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Trust in the European Union: What Is It and How Does It Matter? Read chapter Read first chapter

2019 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Is Migration Threatening Social Trust in Europe?

Author : Andreas Bergh

Published in: Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Bergh considers the relationship between migration and interpersonal trust in the European Union. Interpersonal trust, Bergh avers, is an important foundation for a well-functioning society. The question is how interpersonal trust is affected by increased migration in countries with differing levels of trust. Bergh shows that migrants from low-trust countries who move to high-trust ones show higher trust than those who remain in the former lands. Their trust is lower, however, than that of persons who have always lived in countries with higher trust. Factors such as corruption and weakness in the rule of law cause damage to interpersonal trust, which is very difficult to repair. Bergh contends that the Union must act to strengthen the rule of law and combat economic and social inequality.

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Footnotes
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Comment: Social trust refers to the share who agrees that most people can be trusted, according to survey results presented in Nannestad et al. (2014). The estimate regarding Danes in Denmark is an average over estimates from different waves of the European Values Study and a number of similar surveys, taken from Berggren and Bjørnskov (2011). The comparison is made controlling for differences in age, sex, education and religiosity.
 
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Metadata
Title
Is Migration Threatening Social Trust in Europe?
Author
Andreas Bergh
Copyright Year
2019
Book
Trust in the European Union in Challenging Times

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73856-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73857-4

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73857-4_5