Empowerment and disempowerment in community development practice: Eight roles practitioners play

Community Development Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-195

  Toomey, Anne H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMPOWERMENT; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PLANNING PRACTICE; PLANNING THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 79953154799     PISSN: 00103802     EISSN: 14682656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cdj/bsp060     Document Type: Article

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