Anomia and the sacred canopy: Testing a network theory

Social Networks

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Brashears, Matthew E ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anomia; Education; GSS; Plausibility structure; Religion; Unhappiness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953539478     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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