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The East/West perspective and civil society: Making visible similarities and differences

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The East/West perspective and civil society: Making visible similarities and differences. / Carver, Terrell; Chiba, Shin; Matsumoto, Reiji et al.
Globality, Democracy and Civil Society: Beyond the East/West Binary. ed. / Terrell Carver; Jens Bartelson. London: Routledge, 2010. p. 24-30.

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Carver, T, Chiba, S, Matsumoto, R, Martin, J, Jessop, B, Iida, F & Sugita, A 2010, The East/West perspective and civil society: Making visible similarities and differences. in T Carver & J Bartelson (eds), Globality, Democracy and Civil Society: Beyond the East/West Binary. Routledge, London, pp. 24-30. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839935

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Carver, T., Chiba, S., Matsumoto, R., Martin, J., Jessop, B., Iida, F., & Sugita, A. (2010). The East/West perspective and civil society: Making visible similarities and differences. In T. Carver, & J. Bartelson (Eds.), Globality, Democracy and Civil Society: Beyond the East/West Binary (pp. 24-30). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839935

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Carver T, Chiba S, Matsumoto R, Martin J, Jessop B, Iida F et al. The East/West perspective and civil society: Making visible similarities and differences. In Carver T, Bartelson J, editors, Globality, Democracy and Civil Society: Beyond the East/West Binary. London: Routledge. 2010. p. 24-30 doi: 10.4324/9780203839935

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Carver, Terrell ; Chiba, Shin ; Matsumoto, Reiji et al. / The East/West perspective and civil society : Making visible similarities and differences. Globality, Democracy and Civil Society: Beyond the East/West Binary. editor / Terrell Carver ; Jens Bartelson. London : Routledge, 2010. pp. 24-30

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