%0 Journal Article
%T Social change and generalized anomie: Why economic development has reduced social trust in China
%A Pu Wang
%A Yanyu Ye
%A Zhenhua Su
%J International Sociology
%@ 1461-7242
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0268580918812281
%X Chinese society is facing a decline in social trust, a serious crisis which is escalating as modernization continues. In this article the authors apply Durkheim¡¯s social transitional theory to explain this disconcerting phenomenon, using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 2013. The study finds that economic development as measured by per capita GDP of counties in China has given rise to social anomie, which has led to a reduction in social trust. With the rapid onset of modernization, social norms have gradually fallen by the wayside and new social integration mechanisms have not yet been fully established, resulting in a state of generalized social anomie in China
%K China
%K economic development
%K generalized anomie
%K social change
%K social trust
%K Anomie g¨¦n¨¦ralis¨¦e
%K changements sociaux
%K Chine
%K confiance sociale
%K d¨¦veloppement ¨¦conomique
%K Anomia generalizada
%K cambio social
%K China
%K confianza social
%K desarrollo econ¨®mico
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0268580918812281