Homeownership and volunteering: An alternative approach to studying social inequality and civic engagement

Sociological Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 570-587

  Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Wilson, John ^b   Hughes, Mary Elizabeth ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic engagement; Community; Homeownership; Social class; Social inequality; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957917217     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01196.x     Document Type: Article

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