Ethnic Concentration in the Neighbourhood and Ethnic Minorities' Social Integration: Weak and Strong Social Ties Examined

Urban Studies

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 897-915

  Vervoort, Miranda ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ETHNIC MINORITY; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84857600285     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098011408141     Document Type: Article

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