Civic education, civil society, and political mistrust in a developing democracy: The case of the Dominican Republic

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1851-1874

  Finkel, Steve E ^a   Sabatini, Christopher A ^b   Bevis, Gwendolyn G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b National Endowment for Democracy   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic education; Civil society; Democracy; Dominican Republic; Latin America; Trust

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK;

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

EID: 0033757580     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(00)00067-X     Document Type: Article

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