'The grit in the oyster': Community development workers in a modernizing local authority

Community Development Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-113

  Banks, Sarah ^a   Orton, Andrew ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; MODERNIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

OSTREIDAE;

EID: 33846904059     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsi074     Document Type: Article

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