TRUST AND TOLERANCE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
TRUST AND TOLERANCE IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

Summary/Abstract: WE LIVE IN A GLOBAL ERA (ALBROW, 1996), WHICH PERMANENTLY EXPOSES US TO THE CHALLENGES OF DIVERSITY (ETHNIC, RELIGIOUS, CULTURAL). WE CAN SEE ITS CONSEQUENCES ON A POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL LEVEL. AMONG THE DESIRABLE IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALISATION, IMPACTING BOTH SOCIALLY AND INDIVIDUALLY, AS EMPHASIZED BY THEORETICIANS INTERESTED IN THIS SUBJECT COULD BE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE TOLERANT SOCIETY (JONES, 2011: 297). THROUGH THIS PAPER, WE AIM TO PRESENT THE RESULTS OF OUR ANALYSIS CONCERNING THE LEVEL OF SOCIAL TOLERANCE CORRELATED WITH THE LEVEL OF INTERPERSONAL TRUST, PLACING OUR RESEARCH IN AN INTERCULTURAL CONTEXT. IN OUR APPROACH, WE FOCUSED ON TWO COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTHEAST OF ROMANIA, WHICH ARE RELEVANT TO THEIR INTER-ETHNIC AND INTER-RELIGIOUS PROFILE: CACICA (A COMMUNITY WITH CURRENT RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY) AND IACOBENI (A COMMUNITY WITH A HISTORY IN RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY) TRYING TO SHOW BY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THESE VALUES ARE PRESENT IN INTERCULTURAL SPACE AND THE LEVEL AT WHICH THEY ARE EXPRESSED BEYOND THE BOUNDARIES OF THEIR OWN GROUP.

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