Introduction: making change happen – citizen action and national policy reform

Citizen action and national policy reform: making change happen

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-43

  Gaventa, John ^a,b   McGee, Rosemary ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b Development Research Centre on Citizenship Participation and Accountability   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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