CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Aleksovska, Marija |
|---|---|
| Title | Trust in changing institutions Effects of the Ohrid Framework Agreement on the institutional trust in Macedonia |
| Summary | The Ohrid Framework Agreement (OFA) adopted in 2001 commenced a new chapter in the development of Macedonian democracy. The reforms that followed from the Agreement introduced power-sharing elements in the functioning of state institutions. In order to assess part of the implications of these reforms, this research aims at exploring the evolution of institutional trust in Macedonia from 1998 to 2013. Specifically, the development of trust in the government, the Parliament, the judiciary, the police and the civil service are examined, as well as factors that explain them, in the timeframe of 15 years. For the purposes of this research, survey data and data on the national level are analyzed using statistical tools. This study has yielded several important findings. The general level of trust in the Macedonian institutions substantially increased in the period following the OFA. This increase was the most evident for the ethnic Albanian part of the population, which is seen as the major beneficiary of the Agreement. Furthermore, support for one of the parties which are part of the governing coalition (incumbent party) proves to be the strongest predictor for trust in institutions, and its effect increased substantially over time. Finally, the data indicates a slight decrease in the levels of institutional trust from 2008, especially among the ethnic Albanian population, most likely due to the strong nationalist discourse developed by the leading Macedonian party VMRO-DPMNE; however, the positive effects of the OFA were not diminished. |
| Supervisor | Rudas, Tamás |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/aleksovska_marija.pdf |
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