Core concepts for community change

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-29

  Checkoway, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Community change; Community development; Empowerment; Multicultural organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937268794     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v04n01_02     Document Type: Article

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