The self-organization of social movements

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 101-137

  Fuchs, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Protest; Self organization; Social movement; Social system

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745439039     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-005-9006-0     Document Type: Article

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