Measuring social capital: Orthodoxies and continuing controversies

International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-92

  Van Deth, Jan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 0142138854     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570305057     Document Type: Review

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