Generating social capital?: The social economy and local economic development

European Urban and Regional Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-74

  Evans, Mel ^a   Syrett, Stephen ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local development; Social capital; Social economy; Social enterprise

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL ECONOMY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

EID: 33846960130     PISSN: 09697764     EISSN: 14617145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0969776407072664     Document Type: Article

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