Nations of joiners: Explaining voluntary association membership in democratic societies

American Sociological Review

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 783-805

  Curtis, James E ^a   Baer, Douglas E ^a   Grabb, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RELIGION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

EID: 0035694051     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088873     Document Type: Article

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