Is community participation empirical evidence for psychological empowerment? A distinction between passive and active participation

Social Work and Social Sciences Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-82

  Le Bossé, Yann ^a   Lavallée, Marguerite ^a   Lacerte, Denis ^a   Dubé, Nathalie ^a   Nadeau, Josée ^a   Porcher, Éric ^a   Vandette, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

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