Don't Talk to Strangers? Maybe Mom Was Wrong: a Longitudinal Investigation on Social Capital and Community Driven Development in East Africa

Author(s): Daniela Baeza Breinbauer

Type: Research abstract

Department: LSE Enterprise

Exhibit no: 76


This study explores a web of topics that arguably construct the identity-fueled paradigm of modern politics.

Employing quantitative methods, the investigation attempts to interpret the philosophical origins of identity and trust between strangers in order to build social capital, asking how do we trust, and can we generate trust?