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A block association president's perspective on citizen participation and research
Author(s) -
Burgess Louis
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00922693
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , association (psychology) , health psychology , block (permutation group theory) , citation , library science , sociology , media studies , psychology , public health , medicine , computer science , combinatorics , artificial intelligence , mathematics , nursing , psychotherapist
The author, a block association president, describes how he first became involved in citizen participation and helped start his block association. Then he describes (a) accomplishments of the block association in improving the physical and social environment of the block; (b) how citizen participation has influenced him; (c) the importance o f relationships with external organizations (e.g., technical assistance organizations)for block association success); and (d) his relationship with researchers and how it was helpful.