... of welfare chauvinism. There is support for the cultural capital explanation of welfare chauvinism, but only for Western Europe. Finally, there is support for the theory that higher levels of trust lessen the likelihood that a person adopts welfare chauvinism. This finding holds for both Eastern and Western...

...Anar Valiyev; Azer Babayev; Hajar Huseynova; Khalida Jafarova This study examines the trust in political institutions in Azerbaijan using the data from the survey Caucasus Barometer (CB) conducted by the Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) in 2012–2013. Two hypotheses – cultural...

...Simona Guerra The 2004–07 EU enlargement towards the post-communist region showed that the long waiting for EU membership could impact on levels of public support for the EU. This article examines citizens’ trust towards national and international institutions after joining the EU in Poland...

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... distrust to most significant political and administrative institutions. * Corresponding author. © 2013 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Corruption Trust Slovenia Politics...

...Gisela Shaw Using Poland as a case study, the Polish sociologist Piotr Sztompka has demonstrated most persuasively the significance of trust (and distrust) as a key to the analysis and understanding of socio-political and socio-cultural developments in Central Europe in the transition to democracy...

... of the University of California Russia Ukraine Ethnic National Regional and religious identity Autonomy Conflict Stereotypes Threat Trust Deprivation Ethnic minorities Since the fall of the USSR, several Autonomous Republics of the Russian Feder- ation have been seeking increased autonomy from...

... more than 40 to 50 percent of the nation’s trust. Indeed, in terms of their lack of confidence in social institutions, the Russians are behind not only the most advanced countries in the world, but even countries known for their unstable political systems, such as Colombia or Nigeria. * Tel.: +1...

...Roger Sapsford; Pamela Abbott This paper looks at trust and confidence in people and institutions in eight of the countries that have undergone transformation since the breakup of the Soviet Union. While the questions are not identical to those asked in previous research in post-Soviet societies...

...David W. Lovell The citizens of postcommunist states have relatively low levels of trust in their basic political institutions. This paper argues that to consolidate the advances towards civil society and democracy particular attention must be paid to strengthening trust. Trust requires not just...