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This chapter summarises the main findings of this book. We revisit the three hypotheses that guided our inquiry. All three are supported to some extent by the data we assembled. Howard’s (The Weakness of Civil Society in Post-Communist Europe. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2003) prediction regarding the persisting post-communist weakness of civil society in terms of membership and distrust is correct regarding the formal domain of Armenian civil society. The younger generation is more active, signalling a change. The civil society ecosystem as a whole is gradually developing and becoming more complex and interconnected. We conclude with reflections on the current change in Armenia and its implications for civil society.
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A small but successful protest in Yerevan in 2013 against raising public transportation fees. The dram is the Armenian currency.
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Paturyan, Y., Gevorgyan, V. (2021). Conclusion and Discussion. In: Armenian Civil Society. Societies and Political Orders in Transition. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63226-7_10
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