Does government funding suppress nonprofits' political activity?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 292-316

  Chaves, Mark ^a   Stephens, Laura ^a   Galaskiewicz, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CIVIL SOCIETY; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION;

MINNEAPOLIS; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT PAUL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2642526254     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240406900207     Document Type: Article

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