Attachments, grievances, resources, and efficacy: The determinants of tenant association participation among public housing tenants

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-52

  Conway, Brian P ^a   Hachen Jr , David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOUSING ASSOCIATION; SOCIAL HOUSING;

BOSTON; CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18844389709     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0735-2166.2005.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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