Modern Bulgarian political culture has emerged in result of intricately interlaced and inherited beliefs, views, values, and practices, coupled with new and continuously mastered and internalized modes of political com­mitment and conduct. The prevailing political cultural in Bulgaria today is rather strongly marked by community conservatism, national dreams, person-centered­ness, as well as distrust towards the political class as a whole. The activist culture in contemporary Bulgaria is limited, even marginal, divided into two opposing halves: civic activity and nationalist mobilization. The commitment of the trade unions remains superficial and pro ­fessionalized. The trade unions themselves are in quite a weak position within the existing system of social dialog. The civic sector in today’s Bulgaria is strongly dependent on external funding; it is lacking sufficient internal support. Activities promoting civic participation are very restricted. Such a civic participation does exist, but only in limited and dispersed sectors of society, whereby its manifestations are more of a sporadic nature. March 2011