Growing ethnic diversity and social trust in European societies

Comparative European Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 191-216

  Lolle, Henrik ^a   Torpe, Lars ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

ethnic diversity; immigration; multiethnic society; social capital; social trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952414729     PISSN: 14724790     EISSN: 1740388X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/cep.2009.16     Document Type: Article

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