Download or read book Social Capital in Central and Eastern Europe written by Dimitrina Dimova Mihailova and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The collapse of socialist rule encouraged many Western analysts and government advisors to see the east-European region as a veritable tabula rasa just waiting for civil society and market democracy. Millions of dollars and euros were poured into democrazation projects, with the aim of building social capital.