Encapsulated-interest trust theory holds constant across analytic levels

Evidence

It is a compelling characteristic of the encapsulated-interest theory that it stays the same at all levels without conceptual change. Hence if moving from one level to another makes a difference, that is because doing so changes the possible or likely degrees of trust, not because it changes the conception of trust. — Russell Hardin, Trust and Trustworthiness, 288

Categorization

• DEFINE: Key property of the encapsulated-interest definition: level changes alter degree, not conception, of trust.