Communities as “Big Small Groups”: Culture and Social Capital

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 163-178

  Reisch, Michael ^a   Guyet, Dana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic Engagement; Community Development; Group Solidarity; Social Capital; Social Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922079596     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8_11     Document Type: Chapter

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