Social Networks and Political Participation: How Do Networks Matter?
Despite great interest in the role of social networks as channels of political mobilization, few studies have examined which types of social networks work more effectively in recruiting political activists. Using the Citizen Participation Study data, this study shows that contrary to the conventiona...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces (University of North Carolina Press) Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 961 - 983 |
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Oxford University Press / UK
December 2008
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