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Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe (Hardcover, New)
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Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe (Hardcover, New)
Series: Proceedings of the British Academy, 123
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These ten essays are concerned with theoretical and empirical
analyses of trust and distrust in post-Communist Europe after the
collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989. The contributors come from
different disciplines, ranging from history, economics and
political science to social psychology and sociology. They are all
specialists on the countries about which they write, and they show
above all that the Soviet 'bloc' was in fact a rich spectrum of
different countries with diverse histories, cultures and
traditions, and--not surprisingly--with different expectations for
the future.
Like other social concepts, trust never makes sense in isolation
but only within the network of other concepts--in this case, social
capital, faith, belief, solidarity, reciprocity and security.
'Trust' is a highly polysemic term. Differences between meanings of
trust in countries with democratic traditions and in
post-totalitarian countries raise questions about the ways in which
history, culture and social psychology shape the nature and
development of political phenomena. These questions include:
antinomies such as trust versus risk, and trust versus fear; the
co-existence of rural and urban systems; legitimacy of different
political regimes; and the arbitrariness of decisions and the abuse
of common sense in totalitarianism.
The transition period in many post-Communist countries has now
been completed and in others it is likely to be completed in the
near future. Yet the authors show that while political and economic
changes can have rapid effects, cultural and psychological changes
may linger and influence the quality of political trust and
representations of democracy. As post-Communist countries become
members of the European Union, many problems discussed in this book
will recede into history. Yet the theoretical issues addressed by
the authors, such as the interdependence of politics, culture and
human psychology, will remain central to current and future
concerns in social and human sciences.
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