Collaboration between community advocates and academic researchers: Scientific advocacy or political research?

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1610-1629

  Stahl, Roland ^a,b,d   Shdaimah, Corey ^c  

^a Graduate School of Social Work

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Collaborative research; Community advocacy; Participatory action research; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849149598     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcm069     Document Type: Article

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