Grass-roots power through internet technology--the case of the crandon mine

Society and Natural Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 853-868

  Riemer, Jeffrey W ^a  

^a TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crandon mine; Environmental social problem; Environmental sociology; Grass roots social movement; Internet technology; Mine opposition; Mine permitting problems; Resource mobilization; Social constructionist perspective

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; EMPOWERMENT; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; INTERNET; MINE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344467344     PISSN: 08941920     EISSN: 15210723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/716100616     Document Type: Article

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