Abstract
This book has empirically assessed the distinction between bridging and bonding associations by analyzing the activities and organizational features of Turkish and mixed ethnicity voluntary organizations in Amsterdam . The main questions in this study are: (1) does interethnic contact explain greater adherence to generalized trust among participants of mixed voluntary organizations as compared to Turkish organizations ; and (2) are there alternative mechanisms responsible for generating generalized trust? The pattern of findings suggests that interethnic contact, or bridging and bonding, does not explain the differences in generalized trust among participants of voluntary organizations. On the contrary, social success factors explain greater adherence to generalized trust. Moreover, participants of voluntary organizations seem to self-select into those organizations on the basis of their initial levels of generalized trust . Educational attainment constitutes the largest effect size.
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