Left to their own devices? Community self-help between alternative development and neo-liberalism

Community Development Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-29

  Berner, Erhard ^a   Phillips, Benedict ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SELF HELP;

EID: 12444310209     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi003     Document Type: Article

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