Explaining trust in political institutions: Some illustrations from the Baltic states

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-496

  Lühiste, Kadri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Baltic states; Regime support; Social capital; Trust in institutions

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POLITICAL INTEGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750940941     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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