Korzyści z zaufania społecznego

Abstract

The paper’s chief objective is to analyse some of the benefits of social trust on the example the study of the country districts in the Łódź voivodeship. The interest in social trust is undoubtedly manifold and has many sources. These include: the transition from a society based on fate to one based on human subjectivity, global interdependence, heterogeneous social structure, new threats and dangers, unpredictability of human actions, limited transparency of social surroundings and increasing anonymity of people who influence our lives (Sztompka 2007). Furthermore, the level of social trust exert an influence on political, social and economical dimension of society and local community and is vital in stabilising and strengthening the political, social and economic system.