Civil society in the South Caucasus: Kinship networks as obstacles to civil participation

Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-282

  Aliyev, Huseyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

'bonding' and 'bridging' social capital; civil participation; civil society; informal institutions; kinship networks; South Caucasus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899758794     PISSN: 14683857     EISSN: 17439639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2014.904545     Document Type: Article

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