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Report on Bulgaria: Elites' Europeanness and their Trust in Institutions

Ein Bericht über Bulgarien: die Europäizität der Eliten und ihr Vertrauen gegenüber Institutionen
[journal article]

Kostova, Dobrinka

Abstract

The paper divulges a comparison between the Bulgarian elites, elites in the new democracies and in the old democracies of the European Union and succeeds in interrelating them by using common assumptions, concepts and original and comprehensive empirical data. It shows that the European Union (EU) h... view more

The paper divulges a comparison between the Bulgarian elites, elites in the new democracies and in the old democracies of the European Union and succeeds in interrelating them by using common assumptions, concepts and original and comprehensive empirical data. It shows that the European Union (EU) has been a forerunner and active proponent of the process of integration of Bulgaria in the recent decades and that the EU has played a significant role in mitigating its impact. The analysis on elites' Europeanness is backed-up by an extensive dataset revealing its constantly adapting nature; its diversity of practices; its repeated need to respond to exogenous challenges and, most importantly, its perpetually unsatisfactory quest to make "real existing democracy" conform better to "potentially ideal democracy." The Bulgarian elites' Europeanness is expressed in a high display of trust toward European institutions. However, their trust to national ones is significantly lower. The explanations for these diversities are looked for in the continuity of historical experiences of trust to the state and its institutions, the short period of European Union membership, the discontinuity during the hard economic transformation and the deep social differences in society since the transition has begun.... view less

Keywords
Bulgaria; Eastern Europe; post-communist society; Europeanization; joining the European Union; European integration; political development; political elite; economic development (on national level); attitude; democratization; transition; elite

Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
European Politics

Free Keywords
Europeanness

Document language
English

Publication Year
2016

Page/Pages
p. 239-253

Journal
Historical Social Research, 41 (2016) 4

Issue topic
National Political Elites and the Crisis of European Integration, Country Studies 2007-2014

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.41.2016.4.239-253

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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