Can competing diversity indices inform us about why ethnic diversity erodes social cohesion? A test of five diversity indices in Germany
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0049-089X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.12.018