Exploring social capital in rural settlements of an Islander region in Greece

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-138

  Zissi, Anastasia ^a   Tseloni, Andromachi ^b   Skapinakis, Petros ^c   Savvidou, Maria ^a   Chiou, Mihaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Rural communities; Social capital; Social cohesion; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049118504     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.1024     Document Type: Article

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