Transnational publics: New spaces of social movement activism and the problem of global long-sightedness

Current Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Olesen, Thomas ^a  

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Author keywords

Civil society; Globality; Publics; Spatiality; Transnationality

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544377458     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392105051334     Document Type: Review

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