The discourse of demobilization: Shifts in activist priorities and the framing of political opportunities in a peasant land struggle

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 237-261

  Kowalchuk, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 18944377576     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.2005.00011.x     Document Type: Article

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