Measuring community strength and social capital

Regional Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1095-1109

  Western, John ^a   Stimson, Robert ^a   Baum, Scott ^a   Van Gellecum, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community performance; Factor analysis; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 30744442808     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400500328222     Document Type: Article

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