What's the big idea? A critical exploration of the concept of social capital and its incorporation into leisure policy discourse

Leisure Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 239-258

  Blackshaw, Tony ^a   Long, Jonathan ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 22144496141     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261436052000327285     Document Type: Article

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