The dynamics of protest diffusion: Movement organizations, social networks, and news media in the 1960 sit-ins

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 752-777

  Andrews, Kenneth T ^a   Biggs, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL REFORM; POPULAR PROTEST; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; URBAN POLITICS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749667444     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100503     Document Type: Article

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