Deconcentration and social capital: Contradictions of a poverty alleviation policy

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-228

  Greenbaum, Susan ^a   Hathaway, Wendy ^a   Rodriguez, Cheryl ^a   Spalding, Ashley ^b   Ward, Beverly ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deconcentration; HOPE VI; Poverty; Urban neighborhoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749169491     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875540801973609     Document Type: Article

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