Abstract
This article examines the sources of trust in major political institutions in Poland and Ukraine. Using the New Democracies Barometer data sets of 1993 and 1998 the author evaluated the influence of age, gender, education, town size, population's perception of economic and political performance, and support for democracy on political trust. The study reveals that older people and women were more likely to trust political institutions, though they were less positive about their families' economic situations and democracy. Education had a significant positive impact on economic performance and support for democracy and a negative impact on political trust. Town size influenced economic performance, support for democracy, and political performance, and the magnitudes of these effects differed across countries and time periods. Perceptions of economic performance had a strong positive effect on political performance, support for democracy, and confidence in political institutions. Political performance positively influenced support for democracy and confidence in political institutions, and support for democracy influenced political trust. The most significant finding was related to a negative association between support for democracy and political trust in Ukraine.
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