Harnessing social capital: Some lessons from rural England

Local Government Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-90

  Williams, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; RURAL POPULATION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037364757     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714004181     Document Type: Article

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