The greening of social capital: An examination of land-based groups in two Vermont counties

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-131

  Savage, Andrew ^a   Isham, Jonathan ^a   Klyza, Christopher McGrory ^a  

^a MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALISM; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 33644633559     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011053294619     Document Type: Review

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