Self-Help Groups as Participatory Action

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 211-226

  Borkman, Thomasina ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Nonprofit Organization; Participatory Action; Social Identity; Social Movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859768870     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8_14     Document Type: Chapter

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