One country, three populations: Trust in police among migrants, villagers, and urbanites in China

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1737-1749

  Sun, Ivan Y ^a   Hu, Rong ^b   Wong, Daniel F K ^c   He, Xuesong ^d   Li, Jessica C M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese police; Expressive concerns; Instrumental concerns; Migrant workers; Procedural based trust; Trust in police

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883515915     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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