Changing issue representation among major United States environmental movement organizations

Rural Sociology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-154

  Johnson, Erik ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644882220     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601106777789800     Document Type: Article

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