Sense of Community, Neighboring, and Social Capital as Predictors of Local Political Participation in China

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 259-271

  Xu, Qingwen ^a   Perkins, Douglas D ^b   Chow, Julian Chun Chung ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Chinese general social survey; Citizen participation; Community cognition; Neighboring; Sense of community; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLITICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953695559     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10464-010-9312-2     Document Type: Article

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