Despite the theoretical and political importance of the relationship between institutional trust and different forms of political participation in Europe, theoretical and empirical focus on post-industrial economies leave the literature wanting of explanations of cross-national variation in political participation. In this article, we test whether levels of corruption influence the relationship between institutional trust and participation. We rely on the 9th wave of the European Social Survey results for an in-depth analysis of the relationship between institutional trust, political participation, and perceived corruption in 27 countries. The multilevel regression analysis results show that the effect of institutional trust on institutionalised political participation (including voting) is moderated by corruption. However, corruption does not moderate the relationship between institutional trust and non-institutionalised forms of participation.

Rat i zločin kao izvori moralne obnove i jedinstvarepublikansko nasleđe i njegova transformacija u delu Emila Dirkema APSTRAKT: U radu želimo pokazati na koji način u svom delu Dirkem integriše poglede klasika političke misli o ratu kao sredstvu moralne regeneracije društva. Uzimajući u obzir shvatanje posledica rata u republikama-kod Platona, Aristotela, Makijavelija, Monteskjea i Rusoa-pokušaćemo da ponudimo jedan nov način sagledavanja Dirkemove sociološke teorije. Iako nije bio pobornik rata kao načina (moralne) integracije, Dirkem je na primeru istraživanja samoubistva uočio njegovo povoljno dejstvo na moralnu koheziju. Centralna hipoteza našeg rada odnosi se na funkcionalnu ekvivalenciju republikanskog shvatanja posledica rata i Dirkemove teorije o poreklu i ulozi zločina. Za razliku od svojih prethodnika i savremenika (Konta, Sen-Simona i Spensera) Dirkem nikada nije sasvim napustio ideju o sukobu (zločinu) kao integrišućem faktoru unutar jednog društva. Osnovna razlika između Dirkema i navedenih klasika filozofije i republikanske misli tiče se okvira sukoba. Dok se unutar republikanskog nasleđa ona javlja kao sukob sa spoljašnjim neprijateljem (rat), kod Dirkema se pretežno javlja u vidu unutrašnjeg konflikta.

Using the method of content analysis, in our work we offered a concise insight into the use of the term "culture" in the work of Emile Durkheim. Bearing in mind that the heritage of enlightenment can be perceived in Durkheim's work, but indirectly the traditions of Romanticism as well, we consider the issue of using this term an important one. The specter of meanings associated with the notion of "culture" makes it suitable for use as a kind of indicator. Much like the Rorschach stains, very different meanings can be loaded into it. Findings show that Durkheim did not use the word "culture" very often, considering the volume of his work. He most often connected it with the scientific, intellectual, logical, etc. We paid special attention to his most important works (The Division of Labor in Society, Rules of Sociological Method, Suicide and the Elementary Forms of the Religious Life). Other works are covered by a quantitative analysis of the use of the word "culture" in which we tried to find the most frequent attributes that appear alongside the aforementioned term. The analysis covers most of Durkheim's opus published during and after his life.

In this paper we tried to point out to Durkheim's conception of individualism which was founded on the political philosophy of Rousseau and Kant. The last two authors are also important for the reconstruction of Durkheim's view on the origin and role of (private) ownership. We showed that his understanding of the origin of the institution of property directly related to the role which he intended for corporations in modern society. In Durkheim's case, meritocracy can be viewed through the lens of his aspirations for the realization of legal formal, but also "initial" material equality of all members of a society. Therefore, in the case of Durkheim's work, it can be understood as the pursuit of the realization of the principle that would imply permanent intervention of the state and corporation in order to ensure equal conditions for all.

This paper identifies the key moments in the development of Actor-Network-Theory through several important work by Bruno Latour. It is possible to discern a number of departures from the initial position of the author (articulated in Laboratory Life) in his latter works. Actor-Network-Theory is presented through a series of “neuralgic” points inherent to and visible within the theory. The solutions which Actor-Network-Theory offers for fundamental problems of sociology, as defined by Latour, are discussed at the end of the paper