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Chapter 7: A Question of Trust: The Story of Reykjavík Energy 第七章:信任的问题:Reykjavík能源的故事

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181010

Gudrun Erla Jonsdottir

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Chapter 8: Public Trust in Institutions in Pre- and Post-Crisis Iceland (II): Institutionalised Mistrust 第八章:危机前后冰岛公众对制度的信任(II):制度化的不信任

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181012

S. Sigurgeirsdóttir, Gudrun Johnsen

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Chapter 2: Discursive Control Using Emotion and Economics During a Financial Crisis 第二章:金融危机中运用情绪与经济学的话语控制

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181002

David L. Schwarzkopf, Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson

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A Summary of the Chapters in Part II 第二部分各章摘要

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181024

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Chapter 13: Governance Mechanisms Post 第13章:治理机制

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181018

Murray J. Bryant, Throstur Olaf Sigurjonsson, M. Mixa

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Chapter 4: Trust: Some Questions from a Layperson 第四章:信任:外行的一些问题

The Return of Trust? Institutions and the Public after the Icelandic Financial Crisis Pub Date : 2018-07-23 DOI: 10.1108/978-1-78743-347-220181005

Einar Már Guðmundsson

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