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Social trust is negatively affected by ethnic diversity, case study in Denmark from 1979 to the present.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9477.2012.00289.x/abstract

Ethnic homogeneity and Protestant traditions positively impact individual and societal levels of social trust.

http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/21/4/311.short

In longitudinal perspective, [across European regions], an increase in immigration is related to a decrease in social trust.

http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/content/93/3/1211.abstract

Immigration undermines the moral imperative of those who most favor welfare benefits for the neediest.

http://cos.sagepub.com/content/53/2/120.abstract

The negative effect of community diversity on social cohesion is likely causal.

http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/08/20/esr.jcv081.abstract

In Switzerland, social peace between diverse factions isn’t maintained by integrated coexistence, but rather by strong topographic and political borders that separate groups and allow them autonomy.

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0095660

Our analysis supports the hypothesis that violence between groups can be inhibited by both physical and political boundaries.

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4939-1705-1_12

Diversity hinders between-group cooperation at both the one-on-one and group levels.

http://spq.sagepub.com/content/78/4/324.short

The best chance for peace in Syria is better borders (intrastate or through the creation of new states) “suited to current geocultural regions”, and tribal autonomy.

http://www.necsi.edu/research/social/syria/syria.pdf

Using data from US states, study finds a negative relationship between ethnic polarization and trust.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00215.x/abstract