Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries

The paper focuses on the variation of institutional confidence in the Baltic countries. Within of framework of qualitative comparative framework, it employs a historical approach to detect causes of divergence of trust in rule of law institutions between Estonia vis-à-vis other two Baltic states. Wh...

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Main Author: Gudžinskas Liutauras
Format: Article
Language:ces
Published: Sciendo 2017-06-01
Series:Politics in Central Europe
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0020
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spelling doaj-12f3fd21ed9042b198cbeea7a50d8dca2021-09-05T13:59:30ZcesSciendoPolitics in Central Europe1801-34222017-06-0113173310.1515/pce-2016-0020pce-2016-0020Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countriesGudžinskas LiutaurasThe paper focuses on the variation of institutional confidence in the Baltic countries. Within of framework of qualitative comparative framework, it employs a historical approach to detect causes of divergence of trust in rule of law institutions between Estonia vis-à-vis other two Baltic states. While it observes a range of variables that could affect the differences, it emphasises the role of political leadership during critical junctures, which might explain both why Estonia forged ahead at the outset of the post-communist transformation and most recent positive developments in the Baltic countries since the financial crisis in 2008–2010.https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0020trustcourtslegal systembaltic countriesestonialatvialithuania
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Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
Politics in Central Europe
trust
courts
legal system
baltic countries
estonia
latvia
lithuania
author_facet Gudžinskas Liutauras
author_sort Gudžinskas Liutauras
title Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
title_short Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
title_full Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
title_fullStr Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
title_full_unstemmed Trends in confidence in public institutions: A comparative analysis of the Baltic countries
title_sort trends in confidence in public institutions: a comparative analysis of the baltic countries
publisher Sciendo
series Politics in Central Europe
issn 1801-3422
publishDate 2017-06-01
description The paper focuses on the variation of institutional confidence in the Baltic countries. Within of framework of qualitative comparative framework, it employs a historical approach to detect causes of divergence of trust in rule of law institutions between Estonia vis-à-vis other two Baltic states. While it observes a range of variables that could affect the differences, it emphasises the role of political leadership during critical junctures, which might explain both why Estonia forged ahead at the outset of the post-communist transformation and most recent positive developments in the Baltic countries since the financial crisis in 2008–2010.
topic trust
courts
legal system
baltic countries
estonia
latvia
lithuania
url https://doi.org/10.1515/pce-2016-0020
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