Voices from the Margins: Policy Advocacy and Marginalized Communities

Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-45

  Desantis, Gloria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civic participation Services sociaux sans but lucratif; Communaut s marginalis es; Justice sociale; marginalized communities; Nonprofit social services; Participation civique; policy advocacy; Recommandation de politique; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860587273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19209355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22230/cjnser.2010v1n1a24     Document Type: Article

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