Brokerage

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-158

  Stovel, Katherine ^a   Shaw, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Networks; Social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864209424     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-081309-150054     Document Type: Review

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