Migrant civil society: New voices in the struggle over community development

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-287

  Theodore, Nik ^a   Martin, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; CIVIL SOCIETY; CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; EDUCATION; GENTRIFICATION; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; URBAN HOUSING; URBANIZATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547458688     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: 14679906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9906.2007.00343.x     Document Type: Article

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