Social Capital in Eastern Europe: Poland an Exception?

Lasinska, Katarzyna

Katarzyna Lasinska deals with the consequences of democratic transitions in Middle and Eastern Europe. By selecting specific sets of countries according to the main explanations such as Catholic tradition, transformation process and communist legacies, the author identifies key factors explaining particular findings in Poland. Thank to systematically used comparative research strategy the pitfalls of idiosyncratic argumentation are successfully avoided. Through inclusion of religious tradition as an explanative factor the results go beyond the commonly used East-West comparisons. The author presents a comprehensive picture of complex conditions and different processes for social capital building across Eastern European societies.

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Published by: Springer VS

Publication Date: 2013-01-11

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783658005221

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-00523-8

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 238