"Fighting back" against substance abuse: The structure and function of community coalitions

Human Organization

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-275

  Lindholm, Matthew ^a   Ryan, Dan ^b   Kadushin, Charles ^c   Saxe, Leonard ^c   Brodsky, Archie ^c  

^a Concordia College ^*  (United States)

^b MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Co optation; Community coalitions; Drug and alcohol abuse; Race

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; DRUG USER; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

EID: 7244224996     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.63.3.n655b1f9ncdapxxk     Document Type: Article

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