Social movement endurance: Collective identity and the Rastafari

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-337

  Kebede, AlemSeghed ^a   Shriver, Thomas E ^b   Knottnerus, J David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034336901     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2000.tb00911.x     Document Type: Article

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