Networks of engagement: Electronic communication and grassroots environmental activism in Kaliningrad

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-178

  O'Lear, Shannon ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Environmental activism; Internet; Kaliningrad; Russia

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244468661     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.1999.00902.x     Document Type: Article

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