Making democracy work more? Exploring the linkage between social capital and government performance

Political Research Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-225

  Tavits, Margit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 33749653836     PISSN: 10659129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106591290605900204     Document Type: Article

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