Interesting but irrelevant: Social capital and the saliency of politics in Western Europe

European Journal of Political Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-147

  Van Deth, Jan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0034348504     PISSN: 03044130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007088702196     Document Type: Article

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