Organizing against multinational corporate power in cancer alley

Organization and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-33

  Berry, Gregory R ^a  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activist community; Coalition building; Community organizing; Environmental justice; Environmental organizations; Multinational corporate power; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTALISM; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE;

EID: 0037335674     PISSN: 10860266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1086026602250213     Document Type: Article

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