The configuration of local economic power and civic participation in the global economy

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2241-2257

  Blanchard, Troy ^a   Matthews, Todd L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LAGRANGE COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 33745964365     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0080     Document Type: Review

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