Investigating the roots of civic morality: Trust, social capital, and institutional performance

Political Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 305-325

  Letki, Natalia ^a  

^a Collegium Civitas ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Civic morality; Civicness; Confidence in institutions; Corruption; Democracy; Institutional performance; Legitimacy; Membership; Political trust; Social capital; Social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751106937     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-006-9013-6     Document Type: Review

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