Historical Legacies, Social Capital and Civil Society: Comparing Romania on a Regional Level

Civil society development in Eastern Europe has most often been studied as a comparison among countries but has seldom been addressed on a sub-national level. The researchers ask whether the development of civil society in Transylvania is different from that in the rest of Romania and, if so, whethe...

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Published in:Europe-Asia studies 2005-01, Vol.57 (1), p.117-133
Main Authors: Bădescu, Gabriel, Sum, Paul
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Civil Society
Communism
Countries
Crossnational Analysis
Cultural Capital
Democracy
Democratization
Economic Development
Ethnicity
Legacies
Nongovernmental organizations
Political Development
Political history
Political participation
Post-communist societies
Postcommunism
Postcommunist Societies
Regional Development
Regional disparities
Regionalism
Romania
Social capital
Social change
Social conditions & trends
Social Development
Studies
Trust
Volunteerism
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Communism
Countries
Crossnational Analysis
Cultural Capital
Democracy
Democratization
Economic Development
Ethnicity
Legacies
Nongovernmental organizations
Political Development
Political history
Political participation
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Postcommunist Societies
Regional Development
Regional disparities
Regionalism
Romania
Social capital
Social change
Social conditions & trends
Social Development
Studies
Trust
Volunteerism
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