The civil society route to social cohesion

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 368-385

  Taylor Gooby, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big society; Civil society; Political sociology; Public policy; Social cohesion; Sociology; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986018831     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331211249002     Document Type: Article

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