Individual-level determinants of social capital in Europe: Differences between country groups

Acta Sociologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-168

  Kaasa, Anneli ^a,b   Parts, Eve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b NONE   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Clusters; Europe; Social capital; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349175004     PISSN: 00016993     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001699308090040     Document Type: Article

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