Challenging the boundaries of the possible: Participation, knowledge and power

IDS Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 122-128

  Gaventa, John ^a,b   Cornwall, Andrea ^a  

^a IDS ^*

^b Development Research Centre on Citizenship Participation and Accountability

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; POLITICAL POWER; POWER RELATIONS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 33846657764     PISSN: 02655012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1759-5436.2006.tb00329.x     Document Type: Article

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