Membership in voluntary organizations and democratic performance: European post-Communist countries in comparative perspective

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Valkov, Nikolay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Associationalism; Civic engagement; Civil society; Democracy; Post Communism; Social capital; Voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049139450     PISSN: 0967067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postcomstud.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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