Organisational dilemmas in community neighbourhood organisation: The Jerusalem experience

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 18, Issue , 1998, Pages 46-71

  Schmid, Hillel ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Community relations; Jerusalem; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993063430     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443339810788515     Document Type: Article

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