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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bădescu, Gabriel, 1969-

Uslaner, Eric M.

Series:

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20.

Routledge studies of societies in transition ; 20

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democratization--Europe, Eastern.

Democratization.

Social capital (Sociology).

Eastern Europe.

Democratization--Europe, Central.

Democratization--Former Soviet republics.

Social capital (Sociology)--Europe, Eastern.

Social capital (Sociology)--Europe, Central.

Social capital (Sociology)--Former Soviet republics.

Central Europe.

Physical Description:

xiii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415258146

OCLC:

51020405