附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
摘要:This edited collection presents the latest quantitative research on how post-communist countries are adapting to Western models of society.