Crosscutting social circles and political choice: Effects of personal network composition on voting behavior in The Netherlands

Social Networks

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 313-335

  Nieuwbeerta, Paul ^a   Flap, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0006018811     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-8733(00)00029-0     Document Type: Article

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