Power, Privilege, and the Process of Community-Based Participatory Research: Critical Reflections on Forging an Empowered Partnership for Environmental Justice in West Oakland, California

Environmental Justice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 71-78

  Garzàn, Catalina ^a   Beveridge, Brian ^b   Gordon, Margaret ^b   Martin, Cassandra ^c   Matalon, Eyal ^a   Moore, Eli ^a  

^a Pacific Institute   (United States)

^b West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project   (United States)

^c field technician at WOEIP   (United States)

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EID: 85011768149     PISSN: 19394071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/env.2012.0039     Document Type: Article

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