The politics and practice of economic justice: Community benefits agreements as tactic of the new accountable development movement

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 88-106

  Parks, Virginia ^a   Warren, Dorian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Community development; Community organizing; Employment; Labor; Urban economic development; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449812994     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10705420902856225     Document Type: Article

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