(Dis)trust into the Rule of Law in Slovenia

• Autorzy: Miro Haček
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

After the collapse of the non-democratic regime in the early 1990s, public opinion surveys became important factor in the process of democratic decision-making. Author is analysing the results of public opinion surveys, which bring together data on the attitude of the general public towards democracy, (dis)satisfaction with the political situation and (dis)satisfaction with most important political and administrative institutions with special emphasis given to the public's (dis)trust toward the rule of law. Based on the data obtained article allocates Slovenia's position compared to other established European democracies as well as post-communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on the scale of the relationship of the dimensions of societal (dis)trust in political power. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Democracy; Politicians; Institutions; Law; Social trust

PL

Demokracja; Politycy; Instytucje; Prawo; Zaufanie społeczne

• Czasopismo: Political Preferences
• Rocznik: 2013
• Numer: nr 4
• Strony: 9--23

Twórcy

autor

Miro Haček

• University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Identyfikatory

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.729055