Social mobility and social capital in contemporary Britain

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-411

  Li, Yaojun ^a   Savage, Mike ^b   Warde, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Social Sciences

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Position generator; Social capital; Social mobility; Social networks; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRUST;

EID: 50249187799     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2008.00200.x     Document Type: Article

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