The mobilizer's dilemma: Crisis, empowerment, and collective action

Social Forces

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 979-998

  Vasi, Ion Bogdan ^a   Macy, Michael ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037366281     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2003.0047     Document Type: Article

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