Legal opportunity structures and social movements: The effects of institutional change on Costa Rican politics

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 325-351

  Wilson, Bruce M ^a   Rodríguez Cordero, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ESTATAL A DISTANCIA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Constitutional court; Costa Rica; Gays; Ichange; Legal opportunity; Marginalized groups; People living with AIDS

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645676091     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414005281934     Document Type: Article

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