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  1. the University of Maryland, USA

    Bette Woody (assistant professor of urban studies and planning)

  2. the Social Science Research Center, Howard University, USA

    Ronald W. Walters (professor of political science, and former director)

  3. the Institute for Urban Affairs and Research, Howard University, USA

    Diane R. Brown (senior research associate)

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  1. Bette Woody
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Her current research projects include neighborhood self-help organizations and decentralization of energy and environmental maintenance systems.

With Diane R. Brown and Stephanie P. Honeywood, he is the author of The Advisory Neighborhood Commissions: A Study of Citizen Participation in the District of Columbia.

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Woody, B., Walters, R.W. & Brown, D.R. Neighborhoods as a power factor. Society 17, 49–55 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02694805

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