Neighbourhood committee roles and the sense of community

Journal of Community Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 71-86

  Itzhaky, Haya ^a   York, Alan S ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Committee; Neighbourhood; Roles; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023958653     PISSN: 10705422     EISSN: 15433706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J125v03n01_05     Document Type: Article

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