Building capacity for local governance: An application of interactional theory to developing a community of interest

Rural Sociology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-110

  Pavey, Jamey L ^a   Muth, Allyson B ^b   Ostermeier, David ^c   Steiner Davis, Miriam L E ^c  

^a LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; WATERSHED;

NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947511806     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601107781147419     Document Type: Article

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