Conceptualizing and measuring bonding social capital in low-income neighborhoods

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-11

  Brisson, Daniel ^a   Usher, Charles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Neighborhood; Social capital; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249154268     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v34n01_01     Document Type: Article

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