The origins of social capital: Evidence from a survey of post-soviet central Asia

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 707-732

  Radnitz, Scott ^a   Wheatley, Jonathan ^b,d   Zürcher, Christoph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central Asia; International development; Networks; Norms; Social capital; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449120397     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414008329893     Document Type: Article

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