Sticks, bricks, and social capital: The challenge of community development corporations in the American Deep South

Community Development Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-49

  Knotts, H Gibbs ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

DEEP SOUTH; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30744443248     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi042     Document Type: Article

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