Resource mobilization by local social movement organizations: Agency, strategy, and organization in the movement against drinking and driving

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1070-1088

  McCarthy, John D ^a   Wolfson, Mark ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0001928827     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096309     Document Type: Article

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