Between Friends and Strangers: Micro-Segregation in a Haredi Neighborhood in Jerusalem

City and Community

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-197

  Flint, Shlomit ^a   Benenson, Itzhak ^b   Alfasi, Nurit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84862507920     PISSN: 15356841     EISSN: 15406040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6040.2012.01397.x     Document Type: Article

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