Popular trust in political institutions is vital to democracy, but in post-Communist countries,
popular distrust for institutions is widespread, and prospects for generating increased …

Focusing on the gap between democratic ideals and performance, three European
academics study the common experience and even more common perception of the corrupt …

The citizens of postcommunist states have relatively low levels of trust in their basic political
institutions. This paper argues that to consolidate the advances towards civil society and …

This article broadens understanding of the mobilization-repression relationship by drawing
on materials from eastern European Leninist regimes. It identifies “unobtrusive practices of …

Will it follow the model of the Western capitalist democracies, as those who applied the
economic shock therapy of the early 90s hoped, or will it chose its own distinct path of …

This dissertation is an overview of international matchmaking. The study clarifies previously
unexplained patterns of international marriage migration by revealing links between …

This article analyzes social and penal control strategies in the GDR with special emphasis
on the role of the Ministry for State Security (Stasi) in East German society, which by …

The paper seeks to explore via a series of interview‐based case studies aspects of the
emergence of an entrepreneurial middle‐class in Russia. The paper notes the origins of …

Прошло десять лет с тех пор, как общества государственного социализма вступили в
эру невиданных перемен. Надеждами людей были личная свобода, демократическое …

In this chapter I discuss issues of sexual knowledge and sexual ignorance in relation to the
social construction of sexual life. I see sexual ignorance as an essential feature of the …