Testing the Hypothesis of Higher Social Capital in Rural Areas:The Case of Denmark

Regional Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 873-891

  Sørensen, Jens F L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Rural urban differences; Social capital

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOCIAL CAPITAL; URBANIZATION; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

DENMARK;

EID: 84863311785     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2012.669471     Document Type: Article

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