Gender, social capital and location: Understanding the interactions

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 110-118

  Healy, Karen ^a   Haynes, Michele ^a   Hampshire, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Social Policy and Research for Mission Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Rural communities; Social capital; Urban communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947722366     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2006.00471.x     Document Type: Article

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