Civil society reconsidered: The durable nature and community structure of collective civic action

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 673-714

  Sampson, Robert J ^a,d   MacIndoe, Heather ^b   McAdam, Doug ^c   Weffer Elizondo, Simón ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33644593128     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/497351     Document Type: Review

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