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Trust in Contemporary Society, by well-known trust researchers, deals with conceptual, theoretical and social interaction analyses, historical data on societies, national surveys or cross-national comparative studies, and methodological issues related to trust. The authors are from a variety of disciplines: psychology, sociology, political science, organizational studies, history, and philosophy, and from Britain, the United States, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, and Japan. They bring their vast knowledge from different historical and cultural backgrounds to illuminate contemporary issues of trust and distrust. The socio-cultural perspective of trust is important and increasingly acknowledged as central to trust research. Accordingly, future directions for comparative trust research are also discussed.

Preliminary Material -- 1. Comparing Societies around the World /Henry Teune -- 2. Comparing Societies across Sizes and Scales /Mattei Dogan -- 3. Comparing Societies: Qualitative Methods /Julian Go -- 4. Comparing Societies: Quantitative Methods /Peter Ph. Mohler -- 1. Ancient Civilizations /S.N. Eisenstadt -- 2. Empires, Imperial States, and Colonial Societies /George Steinmetz -- 3. Modern Societies /John A. Hall -- 4. The Diverse Uses of Digital Formations /Saskia Sassen -- 1. Population Structures /Arland Thornton -- 2. Social Inequality and Mobility /Sandra Buchholz and Hans-Peter Blossfeld -- 3. State Structures /Victor Nee and Michael Siemon -- 4. Parties and Party Systems /Thomas Saalfeld and Margret Hornsteiner -- 5. Economic Systems: Comparative Historical Method in Economic Sociology /Andrew Savchenko -- 6. Multi-Ethnic Societies /Ralph D. Grillo -- 7. The Sociology of Religion /William D'Antonio and Anthony J. Pogorelc -- 8. Corporations and Commerce /Harland Prechel -- 9. The Metropolis /Anthony M. Orum -- 10. Voluntary Organizations and Civil Society /Joonmo Son -- 11. Family Systems in Comparative Perspective /Stephen K. Sanderson -- 12. Gender and Society /Harriet Bradley -- 13. Professions /Joseph C. Hermanowicz and David R. Johnson -- 14. Social Welfare Systems /James Midgley -- 15. The Sociology of Language: A Return Visit /Joshua A. Fishman -- 16. Comparative Sociology of Education /David P. Baker -- 17. Mass Media /Willam A. Gamson -- 18. Mass Culture /Mike Featherstone -- 19. Comparative Military Organization /Michelle Sandhoff and David R. Segal -- 20. The Social Organization of Science and Technology /Wenda K. Bauchspies -- 21. Cross-National Public Opinion Research /Tom W. Smith -- 1. Economic Development and Growth /Erich Weede -- 2. The Emergence of Nation-States /Hendrik Spruyt -- 3. The Development of Nationalism and Citizenship /Veljko Vujačić -- 4. Modernization and Globalization /Robert M. Marsh -- 5. Democratization /Luis Roniger -- 6. Political Socialization and Values /Henk Vinken -- 7. Voting Behavior and Public Opinion /Harald Schoen -- 8. Communication in the Internet Age /Karen A. Cerulo -- 9. Demography and Migration /Jack A. Goldstone -- 10. Crime, Imprisonment, and Social Control /Bill McCarthy -- 11. Social Problems /Robert Heiner -- 12. Social Deviance /Steve Hall -- 13. Social Movements and Collective Behavior /Mario Diani -- 14. Terrorism /Michel Wieviorka -- 15. Hazards and Disasters /Kathleen Tierney -- 16. Internal Wars and Revolution /Ekkart Zimmermann -- 17. International War /Jack S. Levy -- 18. Ecology and Environment /Andrew K. Jorgensone , Riley E. Dunlap and Brett Clark -- 19. Leisure and Consumption /Robert A. Stebbins -- 20. Small Groups, Networks, and Social Interaction /Linda D. Molm -- 21. Emotions and Social Life /Jonathan H. Turner -- 22. Trust /Piotr Sztompka -- 23. Collective Memory /Amy Corning and Howard Schuman -- 1. Asian Sociology in an Era of Globalization (with Emphasis on Japan, China, and Korea) /Masamichi Sasaki.

This book is a collection of notable papers from the first six volumes of the journal ""Comparative Sociology,"" Its content represents leading-edge and contemporarily astute analyses in the burgeoning science of comparative sociology, especially relevant to a globalizing world in transition. Given that not everyone is acquainted with comparative sociology, this book offers an opportunity to enlighten readers unfamiliar with the discipline about the importance of comparative sociology to the new world order. Taken together, the articles illuminate various aspects of comparative sociology-theor

Preliminary Material -- Introduction /Masamichi Sasaki and Robert M. Marsh -- The Dynamics of Trust: Communication, Action and Third Parties /Bart Nooteboom -- Structures of Trust: Britain and Russia Compared /Geoffrey Hosking -- Trust, Diversity, and Segregation in the United States and the United Kingdom /Eric M. Uslaner -- Distrust and Mistrust in a High Trust Environment /Morten Frederiksen -- Do Not Trust Strangers — How Parents Shape the Generalized Trust of Their Children /Laura Nishikawa and Dietland Stolle -- Pragmatic Trust in a World of Strangers: Trustworthy Actions /Andrew J. Weigert -- Trust, Tolerance and the Challenge of Difference /Adam B. Seligman -- Trust: Acceptance of, Precaution against and Cause of Vulnerability /Barbara A. Misztal -- Trust Working in Interpersonal Relationships: A Comparative Cultural Perspective with a Focus on East Asian Culture /Gyuseog Han and Sang-Chin Choi -- Self at the Heart of Trust: The Global Relevance of an Interactionist Understanding of Trust as a Form of Association /Linda R. Weber -- Reconstruction of Trust on a Cultural Manifold: Sense of Trust in Longitudinal and Cross-national Surveys of National Character /Ryozo Yoshino -- Cross-National Studies of Trust among Seven Nations /Masamichi Sasaki -- Index.

The 36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology (IIS) was a true milestone in the history of IIS, for it heralded many firsts: the first World Congress to be held on the Asian Continent, the first to be held in China, and the largest attendance by far of any of the organization's World Congresses. This book is a compendium of 18 papers presented by plenary speakers from 10 different nations. It addresses sweeping issues related to the age of globalization and social change, including cultural diversities, migration and equality, social transformation, and national identity. Notable is an extraordinary diversity of viewpoints, approaches and opinions. "Social Change in the Age of Globalization" should be especially useful for those interested in learning more about social change in the context of globalization, especially in nations whose sociological communities are emerging, such as China and many other Asian nations.