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Title Social capital and the transition to democracy / edited by Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations.
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Physical Medium polychrome
Series Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20
Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner -- Trust networks and democratic transition : Yugoslavia in the mid-1980s / Hajdeja Iglic -- Communist societies, the velvet revolution, and weak ties : the case of East Germany / Henk Flap and Beate V"olker -- Social networks in Russian politics / Nicolas Hayoz and Victor Sergeyev -- Social networks, civil society, and the prospects for consolidating Russia's democratic transition / James L. Gibson -- Trust and civic engagement in East and West / Eric M. Uslaner -- Social capital and support for democracy in the post-communist states / Kathleen M. Dowley and Brian D. Silver -- Social trust and democratization in the post-communist societies / Gabriel Badescu -- Civic engagement in a post-communist state / Jeffery J. Mondak and Adam F. Gearing -- Why post-communist citizens do not join voluntary organizations? / Marc Morj Howard -- Social capital in Poland / Jerzy Bartkowski -- What does social capital add to democratic values? / Richard Rose and Craig Weller -- Legacies and conflicts : the challenges to social capital in the democratic transition / Eric M. Uslaner and Gabriel Badescu.
Summary This edited collection presents the latest quantitative research on how post-communist countries are adapting to Western models of society.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Democratization -- Europe, Eastern.
Democratization.
Eastern Europe.
Democratization -- Europe, Central.
Central Europe.
Democratization -- Former Soviet republics.
Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Eastern.
Social capital (Sociology)
Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Central.
Social capital (Sociology) -- Former Soviet republics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Bădescu, Gabriel, 1969-
Uslaner, Eric M.
Other Form: Print version: Social capital and the transition to democracy. London ; New York : Routledge, 2003 0415258146 (DLC) 2002153873 (OCoLC)51020405
ISBN 0203428099 (electronic book)
9780203428092 (electronic book)
9786610073047
661007304X
9780415258142
0415258146
0415258146 (Cloth)
9781134515318 (e-book ; PDF)
1134515316
9781134515264 (e-book ; Mobi)
113451526X
9781134515301 (e-book ; ePub)
1134515308
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