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System Trust

Researching the Architecture of Trust in Systems

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  1. Patrick Sumpf

    1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

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  • A sociological study

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 1-13

  3. Trust in Systems

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 15-39

  4. System References

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 41-67

  5. Conditions and Consequences of Trust in Systems

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 69-95

  6. Toward an ‘Architecture of Trust’

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 97-135

  7. Case Study: Trust in the Energy System

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 137-217

  8. Conclusions

    • Patrick Sumpf
    Pages 219-235

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 237-250
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About this book

Frequently enabled by digitalization, great transformations are taking place in socio-technical systems such as energy, telecommunications, and mobility. These transformations indicate widespread shifts in societal infrastructure systems, rearranging relations between governments, industries, NGOs, and consumers. In this context, the question of trust in systems – as introduced by sociologists Luhmann, Coleman and Giddens – acquires new urgency, as yet uncommented upon in trust research, or socio-technical systems debates. Focusing on the energy sector, Patrick Sumpf analyzes the meanings of system and trust to develop a framework for both theoretical and empirical research, which is synthesized into an “Architecture of Trust” in systems.   


                

Authors and Affiliations

  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany

    Patrick Sumpf

About the author

Patrick Sumpf holds a Dr. phil. in media and communication studies from Mannheim University, Germany. He is a research associate and project lead at the Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: System Trust

  • Book Subtitle: Researching the Architecture of Trust in Systems

  • Authors: Patrick Sumpf

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-25628-9

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-25627-2Published: 15 March 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-25628-9Published: 07 March 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 250

  • Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Sociological Theory, Research Methodology, Science and Technology Studies

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