01699pab a2200205 454500 180718b2005 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Mishler, William What are the political consequences of trust?: a test of cultural and institutional theories in Russia 2005 p.1050-078. Nov Trust in political institutions and in other people is hypothesized by cultural theories to be essential for making democracies work. Trust is equated with diffuse support and linked to the stability and effective functioning of democratic regimes. Institutional theories, in contrast, question the importance of trust for democratic support and emphasize institutional performance instead. A structural equation model using New Russia Barometer survey data tests cultural and institutional theories of regime support. The results confirm cultural arguments that institutional trust encourages political involvement and contributes to public support for democratic ideals, whereas they contradict the hypothesis that trust is critical for political support. Much stronger support exits for institutional theory's claims about the importance of economic and political performance. Cultural influences, however, appear somewhat larger than institutional theories allow and may become larger still during the longer term, suggesting the need to integrate cultural and institutional theories. -Reproduced. Culture - Russia Democracy - Russia Political institutions - Russia Political institutions Rose, Richard Comparative Political Studies 67854 67854 67854 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 38, Issue no: 9 AR68310 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR