Institutional activism and community building: Human relations responses to 9/11 in Orange County, California

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 99-113

  Downey, Dennis J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY CHANNEL ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizing; Human relations; Institutional activism; Muslim Americans

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249094695     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764209338788     Document Type: Article

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