Was it worth the effort? The Outcomes and Consequences of Social Movements

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue , 1998, Pages 371-393

  Giugni, Marco G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disruption; Organization; Political opportunity structures; Public opinion; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032347745     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.24.1.371     Document Type: Article

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