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The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations pp 1093–1115Cite as

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Civil Liberties and Freedoms as Association Contexts

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As vital aspects of genuine democracy and of widespread citizen participation, even in authoritarian nations/regimes, civil liberties and freedoms are important contextual factors affecting the development, growth, operation, and survival of nonprofit membership associations (MAs) and of individual formal volunteering in any society. Quantitative research on the prevalence of both formal volunteering and MAs supports this statement with solid empirical evidence on sets of most contemporary nations (Halman 2003:191; Schofer and Longhofer 2011:565; Smith and Shen 2002:115, 117). This chapter examines the role of civil liberties and freedoms as they affect volunteering and MAs, with primary emphasis on the interrelated freedoms of association and of assembly. Chapter contributors focus on these issues in their birth countries – the United States, Ukraine, Belarus, and the Philippines.

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    Robert J. Bresler

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    Svitlana Krasynska

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    Alexei Pikulik

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    David H. Smith

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Bresler, R., Krasynska, S., Arugay, A., Pikulik, A., Smith, D. (2016). Civil Liberties and Freedoms as Association Contexts. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Volunteering, Civic Participation, and Nonprofit Associations. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-26317-9_45

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