Social capital and the transition to democracy
By: edited by Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner.
Contributors: Badescu, Gabriel, 1969-; Uslaner, Eric M.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2003
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Democratization -- Europe, Eastern.; Democratization -- Europe, Central.; Democratization -- Former Soviet republics.; Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Eastern.; Social capital (Sociology) -- Europe, Central.; Social capital (Sociology) -- Former Soviet republics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Gabriel Badescu and Eric M. Uslaner; title: Trust networks and democratic transition : Yugoslavia in the mid-1980s / Hajdeja Iglic; title: Communist societies, the velvet revolution, and weak ties : the case of East Germany / Henk Flap and Beate V"olker; title: Social networks in Russian politics / Nicolas Hayoz and Victor Sergeyev; title: Social networks, civil society, and the prospects for consolidating  Russia's democratic transition / James L. Gibson; title: Trust and civic engagement in East and West / Eric M. Uslaner; title: Social capital and support for democracy in the post-communist states / Kathleen M. Dowley and Brian D. Silver; title: Social trust and democratization in the post-communist societies / Gabriel Badescu; title: Civic engagement in a post-communist state / Jeffery J. Mondak and Adam F. Gearing; title: Why post-communist citizens do not join voluntary organizations? / Marc Morj Howard; title: Social capital in Poland / Jerzy Bartkowski; title: What does social capital add to democratic values? / Richard Rose and Craig Weller; title: Legacies and conflicts : the challenges to social capital in the democratic transition / Eric M. Uslaner and Gabriel Badescu.