Mapping the Outcomes of Citizen Engagement

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2399-2410

  Gaventa, John ^a,b   Barrett, Gregory ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b International Centre for Women's Leadership   (Canada)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Citizen engagement; Citizenship; Democratic outcomes; Development outcomes; Meta analysis; Participation

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; CITIZENSHIP; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; EMPOWERMENT; META-ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PLANNING METHOD;

EID: 84869094356     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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