Faith and the voluntary sector in urban governance: Distinctive yet similar?

Faith in the Public Realm: Controversies, Policies and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 203-222

  Chapman, Rachael ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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