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

Contributor(s): Series: Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20.Publication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.Description: xiii, 239 p. : illISBN:
  • 9780203428092
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Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Also available in print edition.

Electronic reproduction. [London, Eng. : Taylor and Francis, 2010]. PDF file created from digital scan of print book.

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