Is there more to environmental participation than meets the eye? Understanding agency, empowerment and disempowerment among black and minority ethnic communities

Area

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-95

  Clarke, Lisa ^a   Agyeman, Julian ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency and dis empowerment; Black and minority ethnic communities; Environmental participation; In depth case study; Southern England

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; EMPOWERMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ETHNIC MINORITY; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79851474817     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2010.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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