Grassroots environmental organizations in the United States: A Gramscian analysis

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-108

  Kebede, AlemSeghed ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2005.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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