'Hunkering down' in multi-ethnic neighbourhoods? the effects of ethnic diversity on dimensions of social cohesion

European Sociological Review

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 527-537

  Gijsberts, Mérove ^a   Van Der Meer, Tom ^b   Dagevos, Jaco ^a  

^a The Netherlands Institute for Social Research/SCP   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84861136491     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcr022     Document Type: Review

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