'Power is not an evil': Rethinking power in participatory methods

Children's Geographies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 137-150

  Gallagher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Participatory methods; Power; Resistance; Strategies; Tactics

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349173767     PISSN: 14733285     EISSN: 14733277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733280801963045     Document Type: Article

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