Resonance and Radicalism: Feminist Framing in the Abortion Debates of the United States and Germany

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 304-344

  Ferree, Myra Marx ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 1342311414     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378343     Document Type: Article

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