Community participation in the real world: Opportunities and pitfalls in new governance spaces

Urban Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 297-317

  Taylor, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34247634065     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00420980601074987     Document Type: Article

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