Thinking critically about social capital

Irish Journal of Sociology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 27-49

  Farrell, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Inequality; Social capital; Social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956467834     PISSN: 07916035     EISSN: 20505280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/079160350701600203     Document Type: Article

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