How group identification helps to overcome the dilemma of collective action

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 887-900+762

  Klandermans, Bert ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0038047629     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764202045005009     Document Type: Article

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