Making sense of voluntary participation: A theoretical synthesis

Rural Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-313

  Ryan, Vernon D ^a   Agnitsch, Kerry A ^a   Lijun, Zhao ^b   Mullick, Rehan ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947491719     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/0036011054831198     Document Type: Article

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