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Who Do You Trust? Ethnicity and Trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Author

  • Peter Håkansson
  • Fredrik Sjöholm

Summary, in English

This article examines the question of trust in Bosnia and Herzegovina with a special focus on the role of ethnicity. We find generalised trust to be low and declining in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Moreover, generalised trust is negatively affected by the degree of ethnic heterogeneity in the region. However, a further examination of trust reveals a more complex relationship between ethnicity and trust: people tend to show low levels of trust in all other people irrespective of their ethnic belongings. We argue that ethnic distribution might capture some other regional specific characteristics that also affect the level of trust.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

961-976

Publication/Series

Europe-Asia Studies

Volume

59

Issue

6

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Economic History

Keywords

  • Trust
  • social capital
  • Ethnicity
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0966-8136