Complexity and social movement(s): Process and emergence in planetary action systems

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Chesters, Graeme ^a,b   Welsh, Ian ^c  

^a International Centre for Participation Studies   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Deleuze; Globalization; Networks; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944449307     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276405057047     Document Type: Review

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