Help from Within: Participatory Research in a Low-Income Neighborhood.

Curtis, Karen A.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Help from Within: Participatory Research in a Low-Income Neighborhood.

Curtis, Karen A.

Urban Anthropology and Studies of Cultural Systems and World Economic Development, v18 n2 p203-17 Sum 1989

Examines the role of ethnography as a resource in the process of needs assessment in a multi-ethnic, low-income section of Philadelphia. Analyzes the relationship between the targeted neighborhood's socioeconomic characteristics and human service environment and discusses the work done with neighborhood leaders in developing a plan based on the research. (Author)

Descriptors: Anthropology, Community Cooperation, Community Organizations, Ethnography, Lower Class, Minority Groups, Neighborhood Improvement, Participative Decision Making, Research Utilization, Socioeconomic Status, Urban Improvement

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia)

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