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18 - The Value of Individual and Community Social Resources

from Part III - The Application Frontier

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2018

Flavio Comim
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
Shailaja Fennell
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge
P. B. Anand
Affiliation:
University of Bradford
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