Cross-talk: The role of homophily and elite bias in civic associations

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-174

  Weare, Christopher ^a   Musso, Juliet ^a   Jun, Kyu Nahm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73649104388     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0227     Document Type: Article

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