A social capital framework for the study of institutional agents and their role in the empowerment of low-status students and youth

Youth and Society

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1066-1109

  Stanton Salazar, Ricardo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

institutional agents; social capital; working class minority youth and students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961196916     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X10382877     Document Type: Article

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