Bonding, bridging and linking: How social capital operated in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1777-1793

  Hawkins, Robert L ^a,b   Maurer, Katherine ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Silver School   (United States)

^c McSilver Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

disasters; Hurricane Katrina; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956468221     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp087     Document Type: Article

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