Neighborhood Disorder and Local Participation: Examining the Political Relevance of "Broken Windows"

Political Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 777-806

  Michener, Jamila ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Broken windows; Community engagement; Disorder; Local politics; Neighborhood; Objective context; Perceptions; Political participation; Subjective context

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886749822     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-012-9217-x     Document Type: Article

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