Civil Society in Post-Communist Eastern Europe and Eurasia: A Cross-National Analysis of Micro- and Macro-Factors

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1277-1305

  Petrova, Velina P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

civil society; democracy; Eastern Europe; Eurasia; post communist development; USAID

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEMOCRACY; DEMOCRATIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POST-COMMUNISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34249999251     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2006.09.019     Document Type: Article

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