Helping citizens help themselves: Neighborhood improvement programs and the impact of social networks, trust, and norms on neighborhood-oriented forms of participation

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 531-551

  Lelieveldt, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civic participation; Neighborhood improvement programs; Political participation; Social capital; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042531812     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087404263601     Document Type: Article

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