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Andreas Bergh. Photo.

Andreas Bergh

Senior lecturer

Andreas Bergh. Photo.

Is Migration Threatening Social Trust in Europe?

Author

  • Andreas Bergh

Editor

  • Anna Michalski
  • Lars Oxelheim
  • Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt
  • Niklas Bremberg

Summary, in English

Bergh considers the relationship between migration and interpersonal trust in the European Union. Interpersonal trust, Bergh avers, is an important foundation for a well-functioning society. The question is how interpersonal trust is affected by increased migration in countries with differing levels of trust. Bergh shows that migrants from low-trust countries who move to high-trust ones show higher trust than those who remain in the former lands. Their trust is lower, however, than that of persons who have always lived in countries with higher trust. Factors such as corruption and weakness in the rule of law cause damage to interpersonal trust, which is very difficult to repair. Bergh contends that the Union must act to strengthen the rule of law and combat economic and social inequality.

Department/s

  • Department of Economics
  • Centre for Economic Demography

Publishing year

2018

Language

English

Pages

91-109

Publication/Series

Trust in the EU at Challenging Times : Interdisciplinary European Studies

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Economics
  • International Migration and Ethnic Relations

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 978-3-319-73856-7
  • ISBN: 978-3-319-73857-4