Making civil society work: Models of democracy and their impact on civic engagement

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 526-551

  Stadelmann Steffen, Isabelle ^a   Freitag, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

civil society; models of democracy; multilevel analysis; political institutions; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955536282     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010362114     Document Type: Article

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