Politički i situacioni prediktori poverenja u institucije
Political And Situational Predictors Of Trust In Institutions

Summary/Abstract: The paper is aimed at testing several important hypotheses pertaining to trust in institutions in Serbia. The institutions are divided into several categories according to usage of factorial analysis as the criterion of preferences of Serbian citizens. All hypotheses were tested by situational and political predictors of trust. The paper first theoretically and critically reconsider the theories of social capital and - pointing to limitations of these theories and using empirical tools - it advocates for an alternative approach grounded in the idea that trust in institutions is explained by party identification and identification with leaders. Equally, it tests the hypothesis based on socialdemographic variables together with programme approach postulating perception of social problems as the basis for understanding of trust in institutions. For the purpose of testing the hypothesis, the paper relies on OLS regression analysis. The results show that political and situation predictors have a significant predicative power, however still being insufficient to completely explain citizens' trust in institutions. At the end, this paper suggests further research efforts in order to improve identification of factors of trust in institutions.

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