The place and function of power in community psychology: Philosophical and practical issues

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-267

  Fisher, Adrian T ^a   Sonn, Christopher C ^a   Evans, Scot D ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Ontology; Power; Professional training; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547851138     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.934     Document Type: Article

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