Trends in civic association activity in four democracies: The special case of women in the United States

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 376-400

  Andersen, Robert ^a   Curtis, James Ensign ^b   Grabb, Edward ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; SOCIAL HISTORY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATE ROLE; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746538994     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100302     Document Type: Article

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