Capacity building in the voluntary and community sectors: Towards relative independence - Limits and possibilities

Public Policy and Administration

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-166

  Diamond, John ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community; Evaluation conflict; Neighbourhood; Partnership; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549140872     PISSN: 09520767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0952076707086253     Document Type: Article

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