Pavol Demes and Joerg Forbrig

For eight Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries, 2003 was a year of popular votes on EU accession.[1] A series of referendums presented a formidable challenge to governments and civil society. In most cases, if …

In recent years, the term trust has made a notable entry into the discourse of the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). On the one hand, it has been observed that transition countries …