Small Nonprofits and Civil Society: Civic Engagement and Social Capital

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 74-88

  Schneider, Jo Anne ^a  

^a George Washington Institute of Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

African American Community; Civic Engagement; Civil Society; Political Participation; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049007605     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8_5     Document Type: Chapter

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