Indicators constituting the construct of 'perceived community cohesion'

Community Development Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-343

  Lev Wiesel, Rachel ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 0242708921     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/38.4.332     Document Type: Article

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