Social Capital and Ethno-racial Diversity: Learning to Trust in an Immigrant Society

Political Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 42-66

  Stolle, Dietlind ^a   Harell, Allison ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact hypothesis; Ethnic and racial diversity; Generalized trust; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873291281     PISSN: 00323217     EISSN: 14679248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9248.2012.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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