Paths to Community Empowerment: Organizing at Home

American Journal of Community Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 517-550

  Saegert, Susan ^a   Winkel, Gary ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Community; Empowerment; Hardiness; Housing; Neighborhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001459073     PISSN: 00910562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02506795     Document Type: Article

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