Reflections on political engagement and voluntary association governance

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 703-719

  Schachter, Hindy Lauer ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

civic engagement; political participation; voluntary organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959596082     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764010363626     Document Type: Article

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