Governmental promotion of social cohesion and its effect on local civil society organisations: How these institutions respond to the inclusion of vulnerable groups as active citizens

Social Policy and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 189-201

  Semino, Stella Maris ^a  

^a ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Active citizenship; austerity; civil society; migrants; social cohesion; volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923996945     PISSN: 14747464     EISSN: 14753073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1474746414000207     Document Type: Article

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