'Beyond silent organizations': A reflection of the UK Chinese people and their community organizations

Critical Social Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-533

  Chan, Chak Kwan ^a   Cole, Bankole ^b   Bowpitt, Graham ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culturally oriented services; Diversity; Organizational capacity; Weak organizations

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38149138690     PISSN: 02610183     EISSN: 1461703X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261018307081810     Document Type: Article

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