| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20 |
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Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Democratization -- Europe, Eastern
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Democratization -- Europe, Central
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Democratization -- Former Soviet republics
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Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Eastern
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Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Central
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Social capital (Sociology) -- Former Soviet republics
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
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Democratization
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Social capital (Sociology)
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Central Europe
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Eastern Europe
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Soviet Union -- Former Soviet republics
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Bădescu, Gabriel, 1969-
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Uslaner, Eric M
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| ISBN |
0203428099 |
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9780203428092 |
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9786610073047 |
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661007304X |
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9780415258142 |
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0415258146 |
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9781134515318 |
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1134515316 |
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9781134515264 |
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113451526X |
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9781134515301 |
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1134515308 |
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1280073047 |
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9781280073045 |
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