Weak ties as a liability the case of East Germany

Rationality and Society

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-428

  Völker, Beate ^a   Flap, Henk ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Communism; Liability; Social capital; Social networks; Trust; Weak ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035623067     PISSN: 10434631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104346301013004001     Document Type: Article

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