Fostering civil society to build institutions: Why and when

Economics of Transition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-41

  Grajzl, Peter ^a   Murrell, Peter ^b  

^a CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; DEVELOPING WORLD; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; REFORM PROCESS; STATE BUILDING; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 57749098426     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0351.2009.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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