▪ Abstract Over the past decade, there has been a resurgence of interest and research into
the connections between associations and democracy. This article divides the question of …

Social capital has recently emerged as an important interdisciplinary research area. It is
frequently used as a framework for understanding various social issues in temporal …

Praktik sistem pemerintahan dan peradilan pasca dilakukan perubahan UUD 1945 selama
empat kali di satu sisi menunjukkan banyak kemajuan positif, namun pada sisi yang lain …

According to recent research, ethnoracial diversity negatively affects trust and social capital.
This article challenges the current conception and measurement of “diversity” and invites …

Many observers predicted the collapse of the Chinese Communist Party following the
Tiananmen Square crackdown in 1989, and again following the serial collapse of …

Despite the dominant narrative of the repression of civil society in China, Civil Society under
Authoritarianism: The China Model argues that interactions between local officials and civil …

A growing number of sociologists, political scientists, economists, and organizational
theorists have invoked the concept of social capital in the search for answers to a …

In the study of civil society, Tocqueville-inspired research has helped illuminate important
connections between associations and democracy, while corporatism has provided a robust …

Since its publication in 2004, Civil Society has become a standard work of reference for all
those who seek to understand the role of voluntary citizen action in the contemporary world …

This book provides new insights into an important national community development
challenge: how to stimulate the formation of genuinely community-based organizations and …