Trust is conceived both as one societal element and as social order itself

Evidence

The discussion in this volume fluctuates between the notion of trust as something specific within a society, one thing among others, and another, broader version of it, which makes it coextensive with the very existence of a social order. — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 1899

Categorization

• DEFINE: Establishes the two competing senses of ‘trust’ that anchor the whole theoretical volume.