Consensus-based community development, concentrated rural poverty, and local institutional structures: The obstacle of race in the lower Mississippi Delta

Community Development

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 257-273

  Harvey, Mark H ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community development; community organizing; concentrated rural poverty; local governance; race

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881022115     PISSN: 15575330     EISSN: 19447485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2012.734840     Document Type: Article

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