Civic responsibility and patterns of voluntary participation around the world

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1220-1242

  Haddad, Mary Alice ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen attitudes; Civil society; Japan; Nonprofit organizations; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750358370     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005281937     Document Type: Article

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