Social capital and the transition to democracy  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner. 
 - London ;  New York :  Routledge,  2003. 
 - xiii, 239 p. :  ill. 
 - Routledge studies of societies in transition ;  20 .
 - Routledge studies of societies in transition ;  20. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Introduction / Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner -- 2. Trust networks and democratic transition : Yugoslavia in the mid-1980s / Hajdeja Iglic -- 3. Communist societies, the velvet revolution, and weak ties : the case of East Germany / Henk Flap and Beate Völker -- 4. Social networks in Russian politics / Nicolas Hayoz and Victor Sergeyev -- 5. Social networks, civil society, and the prospects for consolidating Russia's democratic transition / James L. Gibson -- 6. Trust and civic engagement in East and West / Eric M. Uslaner -- 7. Social capital and support for democracy in the post-communist states / Kathleen M. Dowley and Brian D. Silver -- 8. Social trust and democratization in the post-communist societies / Gabriel Badescu -- 9. Civic engagement in a post-communist state / Jeffery J. Mondak and Adam F. Gearing -- 10. Why post-communist citizens do not join voluntary organizations? / Marc Morjé Howard -- 11. Social capital in Poland / Jerzy Bartkowski -- 12. What does social capital add to democratic values? / Richard Rose and Craig Weller -- 13. Legacies and conflicts : the challenges to social capital in the democratic transition / Eric M. Uslaner and Gabriel Badescu. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>[London, Eng. : <br/>Taylor and Francis, <br/>2010]. <br/>PDF file created from digital scan of print book. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203428092 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democratization--Europe, Eastern.<br/>Democratization--Europe, Central.<br/>Democratization--Former Soviet republics.<br/>Social capital (Sociology)--Europe, Eastern.<br/>Social capital (Sociology)--Europe, Central.<br/>Social capital (Sociology)--Former Soviet republics.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.