Advocacy organizations and the field of youth services: Ongoing efforts to restructure a field

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 691-714

  Scott, W Richard ^a,c,d   Deschenes, Sarah ^a,e   Hopkins, Kathryn ^a,b   Newman, Anne ^a,f   McLaughlin, Milbrey ^a,d,e  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CERAS Building   (United States)

^c John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities   (United States)

^d Department of Sociology ^*  (United States)

^e Gardner Center   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy organizations; Organization theory; Public policy; Social movements; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750689882     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764006289772     Document Type: Article

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