How theory and research inform citizen participation in poor communities: The ecological perspective and theories on self- and collective efficacy and sense of community

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-19

  Ohmer, Mary L ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen participation; Collective efficacy; Community capacity; Ecological perspective; Neighborhood social processes; Poor communities; Self efficacy; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049098743     PISSN: 10911359     EISSN: 15403556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10911350903126999     Document Type: Article

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