Empowering Community Settings: Theory, Research, and Action

Empowering Settings and Voices for Social Change

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Maton, Kenneth I ^a   Brodsky, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Community improvement; Community psychology; Empowerment; Julian rappaport; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921258645     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195380576.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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