An understanding of poverty from those who are poor

Action Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-31

  Collins, Stephanie Baker ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Niagara Falls; participation; participatory poverty assessment; poverty; power; social assistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645047502     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750305047983     Document Type: Article

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