Does diversity damage social capital? A comparative study of neighbourhood diversity and social capital in the US and Britain

Canadian Journal of Political Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-318

  Fieldhouse, Edward ^a   Cutts, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955884648     PISSN: 00084239     EISSN: 17449324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0008423910000065     Document Type: Article

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