The meaning of social capital and its link to collective action

Handbook of Social Capital: The Troika of Sociology, Political Science and Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-35

  Ostrom, Elinor ^a   Ahn, T K ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

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