The structural contexts of civic engagement: Voluntary association membership in comparative perspective

American Sociological Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 806-828

  Schofer, Evan ^a   Fourcade Gourinchas, Marion ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 0035691311     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088874     Document Type: Article

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