From school-family links to social capital: Urban and rural distinctions in teacher and parent networks in Cyprus

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 696-722

  Symeou, Loizos ^a  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Family; Rural; School; Social capital; Teacher parent networks; Urban

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649086469     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907311825     Document Type: Article

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