Agency based community building in low income neighborhoods: A praxis framework

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-22

  Fabricant, Michael ^a   Fisher, Robert ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Community building; Community development; Nonprofit sector; Praxis; Social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937388538     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v10n02_01     Document Type: Article

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