Supporting and sustaining grassroots youth organizations: The case of New Detroit

Voluntas

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-33

  Sobeck, Joanne ^a   Agius, Elizabeth ^b   Mayers, Vanessa N ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Evaluation; Grassroots organizations; New Detroit

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY BUILDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; MODELING; SERVICE PROVISION; YOUNG POPULATION;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250156664     PISSN: 09578765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11266-007-9029-5     Document Type: Article

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