Social Capital and Community Group Participation: Examining 'Bridging' and 'Bonding' in the Context of a Healthy Living Centre in the UK

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 271-285

  Kirkby Geddes, Emma ^a,b   King, Nigel ^a   Bravington, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bonding; Bridging; Community participation; Healthy Living Centre; Putnam; Social capital; Template analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879505458     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2118     Document Type: Article

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