Civil society as a contested field of meanings

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 29, Issue , 2009, Pages 473-487

  Roginsky, Sandrine ^a   Shortall, Sally ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Citizenship; Language; National cultures; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950766747     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443330910986261     Document Type: Article

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