Income rights, mothers' rights, or workers' rights? Collective action frames, organizational ideologies, and the American welfare rights movement

Social Problems

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 294-318

  Reese, Ellen ^a   Newcombe, Garnett ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0038616020     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2003.50.2.294     Document Type: Article

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