Community agency and community engagement: Re-theorising participation in governance

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-71

  Eversole, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; community engagement; participatory governance; rural development

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455249594     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X10000206     Document Type: Article

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