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Should we stay or should we go? Implications of trust in the municipality for second-generation migrants’ behavioural intentions towards the municipality

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Polihot 公共行政 政治行为 Second-Generation Migrants Local Government Trust Exit-Voice-Loyalty-Neglect Discrimination
PMR — pp. 1-25 2026-08-12 Original Should we stay or should we go? Implications of trust in the municipality for second-generation migrants’ behavioural intentions towards the municipality

The Cultural Root of Gendered Social Network Segregation in China

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Polihot 比较政治 中国研究 Gender Social Networks Trust China Culture
CQ — pp. 1-13 2026-06-11 Original The Cultural Root of Gendered Social Network Segregation in China Anning Hu Abstract Abstract This report examines gender differences in trust-based social networks in contemporary China. Using data collected from a uniquely designed survey, respondents rate the trustworthiness of 24 prototypical social roles, enabling our construction of gender-specific networks. Community detection analysis reveals a tripartite structure in men’s networks – older-generation kin, same-generation kin and non-kin – versus a simpler kin/non-kin split among women. Two explanatory pathways are tested: cultural dispositions and life chance access. Matching analyses suggest cultural orientation as the primary driver: when men and women both embrace traditional ideas to the same degree, their network partitioning differences cease to exist. Further analyses suggest that the gender difference in social network partitioning lies in the fact that men are more traditionally oriented than women. This study highlights a gendered cultural configuration in which men appear relatively more “traditional” and women more “modern” as played out through gendered forms of social networking.

The Domestic Sources of International Trust

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Polihot 国际关系 Trust Costly Signals Domestic Politics Alliances Cold War
APSR — pp. 1-19 2026-06-08 Original The Domestic Sources of International Trust MICHAEL A. GOLDFIEN, MICHAEL F. JOSEPH, ROSEANNE W. MCMANUS Abstract How do states overcome mistrust? Scholars argue that costly foreign policy signals build trust. But when trust is low, such as during rivalries, states are unwilling to use these signals for fear of being cheated. We argue that domestic policies can also build trust by revealing information about a state’s likelihood of cooperating internationally when there is a correlation between domestic and international preferences. We further argue that domestic policies have a distinct advantage: the value states accrue from them depends less on international reciprocation. As a result, domestic choices can reassure counterparts at moments when trust is so low that costly international signals appear prohibitively risky. We test the implications of our theory in case studies of the Cold War’s end and United States–South Korea trust-building post-coup, illuminating several phenomena the current literature struggles to explain: initial trust-building between enduring rivals, asymmetric trust-building, and trust-building through illiberal domestic policies.