Trust in post-Communist societies
Trust is repeatedly invoked in studies of social capital, but these
studies often confound trust in people you know and most people in
society with trust in political institutions. It is debatable whether
trust is a cause or consequence. William Mishler has taken the lead
in a series of analyses of the importance of trust in post-Communist
societies. Major publications include:
"What Are the Political Consequences of Trust? A Test of Cultural
and Institutional Theories in Russia", Comparative Political
Studies, 38,9, 2005, 1050-1078. W. Mishler & R. Rose.
"What Are the Origins of Political Trust? Testing Institutional
and Cultural Theories in Post-Communist Societies", Comparative
Political Studies, 34, 1, 2001, 30-62. W. Mishler and R. Rose.
"Trust, Distrust and Skepticism: Popular Evaluations of Civil
and Political Institutions in Post-Communist Societies", Journal
of Politics, 59, 2, 1997, 418-51. W. Mishler and R. Rose.
"Postcommunism and the Problem of Trust", Journal of
Democracy, 5,3, 1994, 18-30. R. Rose.
For additional details about CSPP research on trust, see details of
its New Europe Barometer
surveys, which regularly include a battery of questions about trust
in people you know and most people in society as well as trust in
institutions. Results of these surveys are published as Studies
in Public Policy.
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