Structural cohesion and embeddedness: A hierarchical concept of social groups

American Sociological Review

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 103-127

  Moody, James ^a   White, Douglas R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; SOCIAL NETWORK;

EID: 0037304796     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088904     Document Type: Article

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