Keywords
quality of state institutions
Russia
Ukraine
European Values Survey
World Values Survey
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Abstract
Abstract the article aims to verify the assumption about the relationship between the quality of state institutions and institutional trust in Russia and Ukraine. This objective was achieved in two stages. Firstly, based on the European Value Survey and macrosocial and macroeconomic indicators, the place of Russia and Ukraine in the European ranking of institutional trust (survey data) and the ranking of the quality of state institutions (macro indicators) was determined. Additionally, based on aggregated data at the individual country level, the strength of the relationship between the positions of these countries in both rankings was tested. Secondly, using the data of the World Value Survey, the relationship between individual, subjective assessments of the social and political effects of the functioning of the state and institutional trust in Russia and Ukraine was tested. Based on the conducted analysis, several conclusions were formulated. First, regarding the quality of state institutions, Russia and Ukraine ranked last in Europe. Secondly, while Ukraine took an adequate position regarding institutional trust, Russia’s position was disproportionately high. Third, subjective ratings of institutional performance proved to be significant predictors of institutional trust in both countries, although their predictive power was higher among Ukrainians than among Russians.
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