Measuring the 'bridging' versus 'bonding' nature of social networks: A proposal for integrating existing measures

Sociology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 523-540

  Geys, Benny ^a   Murdoch, Zuzana ^b  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Civic engagement; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953848269     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510362474     Document Type: Article

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