Narisong Huhe|Jie Chen|Min Tang
Social trust and grassroots governance in rural China
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics|James Madison University|Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
relationship social trust governance one focal points academic policymaking communities empirical studies relationship however focused mostly democracies scarcity studies authoritarian countries left many important questions unanswered social trust associated effective governance democratic settings social trust improve quality governance nondemocracies well drawing data 2005 china general social surveya representative survey conducted nationwide individual villagelevel rural china paper attempts answer questions empirically examining relationship social trust quality governance rural china findings reveal different types social trustparticularized trust generalized trustcorrespond different effects rural governance whereas villagers trust people knew personally positively significantly associated provision various public goods services trust strangers virtually impact rural governance