Progressive patronage? Municipalities, NGOs, CBOs and the limits to slum dwellers' empowerment

Development and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 927-947

  de Wit, Joop ^a   Berner, Erhard ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POVERTY DETERMINANT; SERVICE PROVISION; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70749120864     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2009.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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