Good farmers, good neighbours? The role of cultural capital in social capital development in a Scottish farming community

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-255

  Sutherland, Lee Ann ^a   Burton, Rob J F ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Bygdeforskning   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

DEESIDE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79959719098     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2011.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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