Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-17-2002

College/Unit

Eberly College of Arts and Sciences

Department/Program/Center

Social Work

Abstract

Neighborhood associations are one of the most ubiquitous types of voluntary organization. This paper reviews a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on the concept of neighborhood and the various organized expressions of neighborhood organizing in rural and urban communities.

Source Citation

Paper presented at the Annual Meeting, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and voluntary Action. Montreal Canada. November, 2002. A revised version of one section of this paper was published as Community Centers and Settlement Houses. in the Encyclopedia of Appalachia. Ruth Abramson and Jean Haskell, Eds. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press. 2006. 165-166.

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