‘Not for our kind of people’: The sour grapes phenomenon as a causal mechanism for political passivity

Social Capital and Participation in Everyday Life

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 162-175

  Hooghe, Marc ^a,b  

^a FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 85137505981     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203451571-12     Document Type: Chapter

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