Rethinking Empowerment: Evidence from Local Empowerment Zone Programs

Urban Affairs Review

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 775-796

  Rich, Michael J ^a   Stoker, Robert P ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

empowerment zones; federal urban policy; urban revitalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953285048     PISSN: 10780874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1078087410366530     Document Type: Article

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