Political opportunities and local grassroots environmental movements: The case of Minamata

Social Problems

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-60

  Almeida, Paul ^a   Stearns, Linda Brewster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002303150     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3097142     Document Type: Article

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