Building Local Democracy: The Role of Western Assistance in Poland

Voluntas

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 39-57

  Regulska, Joanna ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local democracy; Nongovernmental organizations; Poland; Western assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001827070     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021402912253     Document Type: Article

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