The Nature of Community Organizing: Social Capital and Community Leadership

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 329-345

  Taylor, Marilyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civic Engagement; Community Development; Community Organize; Community Practice; Social Capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863186758     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-32933-8_22     Document Type: Chapter

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