Systemic Evaluation of a Comprehensive Community Initiative Based on Boundary Critique in Mhakwe Ward in Zimbabwe

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 541-564

  Tirivanhu, Precious ^a   Matondi, Prosper B ^b   Sun, Daowei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^b Ruzivo Trust   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary; Comprehensive Community Initiative; Critical systems heuristics; Critique; Purposeful system; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962179920     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-016-9377-4     Document Type: Article

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