Volunteering and social capital: How trust and religion shape civic participation in the United States

Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 104-117

  Uslaner, Eric M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 85137478302     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203451571-8     Document Type: Chapter

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