The impact of neighbourhood and municipality characteristics on social cohesion in the Netherlands

Acta Politica

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 286-313

  Tolsma, Jochem ^a   van der Meer, Tom ^b   Gesthuizen, Maurice ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Abteilung Kardiologie   (Netherlands)

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EID: 68749098414     PISSN: 00016810     EISSN: 17411416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ap.2009.6     Document Type: Article

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