Papers by Eric M. Uslaner
Social Science Research Network, 2007
Using data from US states, we find a positive relationship between trust and growth. According to... more Using data from US states, we find a positive relationship between trust and growth. According to our results, a 10 percentage point increase in trust increases the growth rate of per capita income by 0.5 percentage point, growth rate of housing prices by 1.25 percentage points, and the growth rate of employment by 2.5 percentage points over a decade.
Energy Policy, Aug 1, 1989
Abstract Canada and the USA signed a free trade agreement that went into effect on 1 January 1989... more Abstract Canada and the USA signed a free trade agreement that went into effect on 1 January 1989. The USA saw the accord as having the potential to open markets in both countries for the mutual advantage of each. Americans have become more protectionist in recent years, but the object of such protectionism has been Japan rather than Canada. Canadians worried that the accord might lead to further economic and cultural domination by the USA. Many Canadians view their energy resources as a national birthright that can play a key role in fostering a sense of nationalism. Other Canadians consider energy resources to be provincial birthrights and worry that the federal government will interfere in free trade with other countries (especially the USA) to impose a feeling of nationalism of Canada. The debate over free trade thus mirrors that on energy in Canada.
Choice Reviews Online, Apr 1, 2000
None in stock The Movers and the Shirkers: Representatives and Ideologues in. . the Shirkers. Rep... more None in stock The Movers and the Shirkers: Representatives and Ideologues in. . the Shirkers. Representatives and Ideologues in the Senate. By Uslaners The Movers and the Shirkers places this analysis of representa-tional style within The Movers and the Shirkers: Representatives and Ideologues in the .-Google Books Result The Movers and the Shirkers: Representatives and Ideologues in the United States Senate. Eric Uslaner. Added by. Eric Uslaner. Views. URL. press.umich.edu. The movers and the shirkers : representatives and ideologues in the Senate.
Cambridge University Press eBooks, 2001
It's not that I'm ignoring what's going on – well, I guess to a certain extent I do i... more It's not that I'm ignoring what's going on – well, I guess to a certain extent I do ignore it – but it's because I want to stay focused on the positive things I want to accomplish. – Carol Erhard, a volunteer living in the Washington suburbs and a member of the Optimist Club. The Uslaner family regularly makes trips to the Delaware beaches and on the way from suburban Maryland there is a fruit stand that is only rarely staffed. Yet, there is usually fruit available for purchase on the honor system. You take what you want and put the money into a lock box. One of the customers I met seemed very impressed. He turned to others and said, “How trusting!” I bought my fruit, paid, and felt a bit warmer toward society. The owner said (on one of the infrequent occurrences I found him there) that people rarely betray him and take fruit without paying. The fruit stand owner doesn't know who bought (or took) his fruit. He has had to presume that most people are trustworthy. Yes, he has some evidence. Clearly, if people routinely ripped him off he would have to close his stand when he couldn't be there himself. Yet, at some point, he was willing to take an initial gamble that “most people can be trusted.” Perhaps the fruit stand owner might have relied upon personal experience rather than upon trust in strangers. Yet it would be foolish to extrapolate his experiences with close associates to people he has never met.
Springer eBooks, 2016
In this chapter, I discuss core theoretical disputes, including: What is trust? Traditionally it ... more In this chapter, I discuss core theoretical disputes, including: What is trust? Traditionally it is thought of in terms of interpersonal relations, but can it expand beyond that? Does it always reflect strategy, or what Hardin calls a three part relationship X trusts Y to do Z? Or is there another form of trust, what I call “moralistic” trust, where the logic is simply “X trusts”? What are differences among the various types of trust: strategic and moralistic, generalized and particularized, interpersonal and institutional? How do we measure trust? How is an individual’s trust shaped? Who, then, do they trust? Is trust something that can be molded over time, or does it remain relatively stable? And lastly, are institutional trust and generalized trust a part of the same syndrome; what determines institutional trust?
Cambridge University Press eBooks, 2001
Part of my attraction to [volunteer firefighting] is its vivid clarity: what we do is of immediat... more Part of my attraction to [volunteer firefighting] is its vivid clarity: what we do is of immediate unalloyed benefit. The pager jolts into life and we rush to someone's urgent need, achieve a degree of resolution, then go back to what we were doing, having given completely of ourselves. – Koren (1997, C19) A lot of what passes for volunteering used to be called simply “parenting”: people helping out in their own children's schools or coaching their own children's soccer teams. Kids with parents who already have resources end up benefiting the most. – Mosle (2000, 25) Trust matters. People who trust others have an expansive view of their community and this helps connect them to people who are different from themselves. It also leads people to seek common ground when they disagree on solutions to public issues. In this chapter, I trace the benefits of trust both for individuals and the society. I also examine how some of the gains from trust, both public and private, have become more scarce as trust has fallen. In the next chapter, I extend this examination to look at the sources of trust and its impact cross-nationally. Trust is not an all-purpose solution to society's problems. It won't get people involved in civic groups or in political life. But it does have other, perhaps even more important consequences. Because trust links us to people who are different from ourselves, it makes cooperation and compromise easier.
Social Science Research Network, 2005
Generalized trust is a stable value that is transmitted from parents to children. Do its roots go... more Generalized trust is a stable value that is transmitted from parents to children. Do its roots go back further in time? Using a person's ethnic heritage (where their grandparents came from) and the share of people of different ethnic backgrounds in a state, I ask whether your own ethnic background matters more than whom you live among. People whose grandparents came to the United States from countries that have high levels of trust (Nordics, and the British) tend to have higher levels of generalized trust (using the General Social Survey from 1972 to 1996). People living in states with high German or British populations (but not Nordic populations) are also more trusting (using state-level census data). Italians, Latinos, and African-Americans also tend to have lower levels of trust, but it is not clear that country of origin can account for these negative results. Overall, there are effects for both culture (where your grandparents came from) and experience (which groups you live among), but the impact of ethnic heritage seem stronger.
European Political Science, Jun 1, 2003
The Journal of Politics, May 1, 1978
Page 1. Comparativ.e State Policy Formation, Interparty Competition, and Malapportionment: A New ... more Page 1. Comparativ.e State Policy Formation, Interparty Competition, and Malapportionment: A New Look at "V. 0. Key's Hypotheses" ERIC M. USLANER AN AREA OF AMERICAN POLITICS in which there has been a marked ...
Legislative Studies Quarterly, Aug 1, 1998
Page 1. ERIC M. USLANER University of Maryland-College Park Let the Chits Fall Where They May? Ex... more Page 1. ERIC M. USLANER University of Maryland-College Park Let the Chits Fall Where They May? Executive and Constituency Influences on Congressional Voting on NAFTA The approval of the North American Free Trade ...
Quality & Quantity, Jul 20, 2012
American Journal of Political Science, Feb 1, 1976
Page 1. ERIC M. USLANER University of Maryland The Pitfalls of Per Capita * The use of per capita... more Page 1. ERIC M. USLANER University of Maryland The Pitfalls of Per Capita * The use of per capita measures in aggregate data analysis has been giveni little theoretical justification. This paper argues that unless there is such a justification, the ...
... Congressional committee assignments: Alternative models for behavior. Post a Comment. CONTRIB... more ... Congressional committee assignments: Alternative models for behavior. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Uslaner, Eric M. PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (Beverly Hills, Calif.). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1974. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0803904622 ). VOLUME/EDITION: ...
Oxford University Press eBooks, Jan 12, 2023
Germany and Austria are both countries that have long emphasized heritage based upon bloodlines. ... more Germany and Austria are both countries that have long emphasized heritage based upon bloodlines. In World War II they were both ruled by the Nazi party (Adolph Hitler was born in Austria). After the war, Germany felt that it was necessary to repent for its sins and became a more open society. It began to welcome refugees from Muslim countries and Jews from the Soviet Union. Its parties did divide between the left and the right, but both were mostly centrist. There is a small nationalist movement, the Alternatif für Deutschland (AfD) that gets support from areas where the Nazis received most of their votes. It does not challenge either major party, even as it has pushed the major conservative party slightly to the right on immigration. In Austria the nationalist movement is strong, even entering the government. The government in Austria has become the most nationalist of any democracy in Europe, emphasizing the German past that Germany itself has abandoned.
Oxford University Press eBooks, Jan 12, 2023
National identity forms the basis of who is a “true” member of society, who is accepted as a legi... more National identity forms the basis of who is a “true” member of society, who is accepted as a legitimate resident and who should be supported by government programs if necessary. These decisions are based upon the values of members of society. They depend more on a country’s composition and history than upon its districts. There is little support for the argument that the nature of legislative elections or the structure of government matters. If they did, single-member districts would be the most polarized political systems while parliamentary elections would be more divisive. There is also no support for the claim that divided control might force compromise between parties. A structural account would expect that a nation such as Sweden would be the most polarized while the United States and the United Kingdom would be the least divided. This chapter sets the stage for the analysis of 10 countries with different legacies and distinct institutions as well as how to measure identity. The countries are the United States, Great Britain, France, Austria, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Israel, and Taiwan.
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Sep 20, 2017
American Political Science Review, Sep 1, 1979
Cambridge University Press eBooks, 2001
Cambridge University Press eBooks, Sep 17, 2012
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