Participation in bridging and bonding associations and civic attitudes: Evidence from flanders

Voluntas

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-406

  Coffé, Hilde ^a   Geys, Benny ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bonding associations; Bridging associations; Civic attitudes; Flanders; Social capital; Voluntary associations

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37049016215     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-007-9048-2     Document Type: Article

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