Debating Civil Society: On the Fear for Civic Decline and Hope for the Internet Alternative

International Sociology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 659-680+738

  Ester, Peter ^a   Vinken, Henk ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civic decline; Civil society; Generations; Political engagement; The Internet

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344062702     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580903184002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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