This volume is driven by the conviction that the key to the establishment of stable liberal democracy anywhere in the world and in this case in Kosovo lies in the completion of three interrelated tasks first the creation of effective political institutions based on the principle of the separation of powers including the independence of the judiciary second the promotion of the rule of law and third the promotion of civic values including tolerance or ethnicreligioussexual minorities trust and respect for the harm principle. In fact there are problems across all three measures including with judicial independence with the rule of law and with civic values. On the last of these research findings show that the citizens of Kosovo rank extremely low on trust of other citizens low on engagement in social organizations and tolerance of gays lesbians and atheists but high on trust in the political institutions of their country and in pride of their newly independent state.