Pulled, pushed, and persuaded: Explaining women's mobilization into the Salvadoran guerrilla army

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-45

  Viterna, Jocelyn S ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33749003774     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502690     Document Type: Review

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