Participatory decision-making among community coalitions: An analysis of task group meetings

Administration in Social Work

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 61-77

  Speer, Paul W ^a,c   Zippay, Allison ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community coalitions; Community organization; Participatory decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444469693     PISSN: 03643107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J147v29n03_05     Document Type: Review

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