What do movements mean? The value of participant-observation

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 401-418

  Lichterman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Interaction; Meaning; Participant observation; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012782173     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023380326563     Document Type: Article

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