The Qualities of Local Participation: The Explanatory Role of Ideology, External Support and Civil Society as Organizer

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 932-948

  Font, Joan ^a   Galais, Carolina ^b  

^a Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona, Spain; Civil society; Participation; Urban politics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CIVIL SOCIETY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN POLITICS;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 80051945708     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2011.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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