Beyond community: An analysis of social capital and the social networks of Brazilian migrants in Amsterdam

Current Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1078-1096

  Roggeveen, Suzanne ^a   van Meeteren, Masja ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capital social; Community; immigrants; irregular migration; social capital; social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886928534     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392113495862     Document Type: Article

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