Predicting cross-national levels of social trust: Global pattern or Nordic exceptionalism?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 311-327

  Delhey, Jan ^a   Newton, Kenneth ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 25144489190     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jci022     Document Type: Article

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