Caught in the vortex: Can local government community development workers succeed in South Africa?

Community Development Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-197

  Gray, Mel ^a   Mubangizi, Betty ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77953503625     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsp007     Document Type: Article

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