Sandwiched between patronage and bureaucracy: The plight of citizen participation in community-based housing organisations in the US

Urban Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-25

  Silverman, Mark Robert ^a  

^a Universityat Buffalo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; DECISION MAKING; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION; URBAN HOUSING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57649224740     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098008098634     Document Type: Article

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