books.google.com - Bo Rothstein explores how social capital and social trust are generated and what governments can do about it. A 'social trap' is a situation where individuals, groups or organizations are unable to cooperate owing to mutual distrust and lack of social capital, even where cooperation would benefit all....http://books.google.com/books/about/Social_Traps_and_the_Problem_of_Trust.html?id=ECQY4M13-yoC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareSocial Traps and the Problem of Trust