Can participatory research be a route to empowerment? A case study of a disadvantaged Scottish community

Community Development Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 52-64

  Titterton, Mike ^a,b   Smart, Helen ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPOWERMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; SOCIAL EXCLUSION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 37449009725     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsl037     Document Type: Article

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