(Dis)Trusting People and Political Institutions in Armenia

Author(s): Yevgenya Paturyan
Editor(s): Iris Kempe, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Lili Di Puppo
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 31
Pages: 6-8
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Resource Security Institute (RSI), Arlington; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tbilisi; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen
Publication Year: 2011

Armenian society is characterized by low levels of generalized social trust: only about one-fourth of the Armenian population is inclined to trust people. This number has not changed over the past decade. The army, the church and the banks are currently the three most trusted institutions in Armenia; the parliament, the courts and the police are the three least trusted. Armenians who trust other people and institutions are more likely to vote and less likely to emigrate.

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