Do public neighborhood centers have the capacity to be instruments of change in human services?

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 142-152

  Poole, Dennis L ^a   Colby, Ira C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Locality development; Neighborhood center; Public administration; Social planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEADERSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

FLORIDA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LEADERSHIP; PUBLIC FACILITIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PLANNING; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036547455     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.2.142     Document Type: Article

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