Political distrust and social capital in Europe and the USA

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-167

  Schyns, Peggy ^a   Koop, Christel ^b  

^a The Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross national analysis; Interpersonal trust; Political distrust; Social capital

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; DEMOCRACY; GOVERNMENT; POLITICS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749118533     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9471-4     Document Type: Article

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