'People look at us, the way we dress, and they think we're gangsters': Bonds, bridges, gangs and refugees: A qualitative study of inter-cultural social capital in Glasgow

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-689

  Deuchar, Ross ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gangs; Refugees; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; ETHNICITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 82855165268     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/fer032     Document Type: Article

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