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

SeriesRoutledge studies of societies in transition ; 20
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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LCCN 2002153873
ISBN0415258146

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