Understanding community building in Urban America

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-43

  Fraser, Jim ^a   Kick, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community building; Community development; Neighborhood revitalization; Neoliberalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602282     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v09n01_02     Document Type: Article

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