Community heterogeneity: A burden for the creation of social capital?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1053-1072

  Coffé, Hilde ^a   Geys, Benny ^b  

^a Katholieke Universiteit Brussel   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

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EID: 33750916183     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2006.00415.x     Document Type: Article

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