Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical Review

Peter Thisted Dinesen; Merlin Schaeffer; Kim Mannemar Sønderskov

doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-052918-020708

Ethnic Diversity and Social Trust: A Narrative and Meta-Analytical Review

Peter Thisted Dinesen, Merlin Schaeffer, Kim Mannemar Sønderskov

Department of Political Science

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Does ethnic diversity erode social trust? Continued immigration and corresponding growing ethnic diversity have prompted this essential question for modern societies, but few clear answers have been reached in the sprawling literature. This article reviews the literature on the relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust through a narrative review and a meta-analysis of 1,001 estimates from 87 studies. The review clarifies the core concepts, highlights pertinent debates, and tests core claims from the literature on the relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust. Several results stand out from the meta-analysis. We find a statistically significant negative relationship between ethnic diversity and social trust across all studies. The relationship is stronger for trust in neighbors and when ethnic diversity is measured more locally. Covariate conditioning generally changes the relationship only slightly. The review concludes by discussing avenues for future research.

Original language	English
Journal	Annual Review of Political Science
Volume	23
Pages (from-to)	441-465
Number of pages	25
ISSN	1094-2939
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-polisci-052918-020708
Publication status	Published - 2020

Keywords

Ethnic diversity
context
immigration
meta-analysis
social trust

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