Still Post-Communist? Testing Howard’s Predictions

Yevgenya Paturyan () and Valentina Gevorgyan ()
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Yevgenya Paturyan: American University of Armenia
Valentina Gevorgyan: University of Fribourg

Chapter Chapter 4 in Armenian Civil Society, 2021, pp 39-57 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Two decades ago, the civil societies of the post-communist region were described as “weak” in terms of low membership and low levels of trust in civil society organisations. This chapter explores the extent to which this weakness persists today. Howard’s (The weakness of civil society in post-communist Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003) study is partially replicated with recent data. Using simple statistical tests, the chapter demonstrates that post-communist countries are still different from the rest of the world. Despite two decades of development, they continue to exhibit lower membership in voluntary organisations, and trust in civil society organisations remains low. The communist legacy of disengagement is still detectable in most post-communist societies. In Armenia, even compared with its two South Caucasus neighbours, this pattern is particularly pronounced.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63226-7_4

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