Obstacles and facilitative factors affecting community organizing on disability issues: Case study of Lebanon

International Social Work

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-78

  Wehbi, Samantha ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arab community organizing; Disability rights; Lebanon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845383912     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872807071483     Document Type: Article

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