Social capital in the lived experiences of community gardeners

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-162

  Glover, Troy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community garden; Grassroots organizing; Inequality; Narrative inquiry; Race; Social capital

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; EQUITY; GARDEN; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EID: 2342629182     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400490432064     Document Type: Article

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