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whether or not co-operation takes root will depend on the pre-existing set of social and political relations in the community and on the degree of inequality and polarization suffered by society

The topic of the creation of social capital has since been explored at several levels. At the empirical level there have been a number of statistical analyses of the recently-collected data. One such study identified the factors affecting the development of trust as income per person, income distribution, government effectiveness, social cohesion and education .

(providing a possible explanation of the difficulty of successfully transferring developed countries' production methods to developing countries).

The size of the resource, technology for exclusion and exploitation of the resource and similar gritty details affect whether cooperation in commons management arises (Ostrom, 1990: 202-204). Ostrom, E. 1990 Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. — 1998 A Behavioral Approach to the Rational Choice Theory of Collective Action. American Political Science Review 92: 1-22. Scientific findings again correspond well to personal experience. Sometimes we cooperate enthusiastically, sometimes reluctantly, and sometimes not at all. People vary considerably in their willingness to cooperate even under the same environmental conditions. • Institutions matter. People from different societies behave differently because their habits have

[1]Fehr, E. and J.-R. Tyran 1996 Institutions and Reciprocal Fairness. Nordic Journal of Political Economy (punishment)

Social Capital: Explaining Its Origins and Effects on Government Performance CARLES BOIX AND DANIEL N. POSNER British Journal of Political Science (1998)

Ostrom, Elinor, 1990, Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Cambridge University Press).