Environmental Justice: Grassroots activism and its impact on public policy decision making

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 555-578

  Bullard, R D ^a   Johnson, G S ^a  

^a CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0034471820     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0022-4537.00184     Document Type: Article

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