Ties that bind: Measurement, demographics, and social connectedness

Political Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-77

  Timpone, Richard J ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032221579     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024895116980     Document Type: Article

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