The dialectic of opportunities and threats and temporality of contention: Evidence from the occupied territories

International Political Science Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-123

  Alimi, Eitan Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contention; Framing process; Intifada; Opportunities; Repression; Social movement; Threats; Transformative events

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845710288     PISSN: 01925121     EISSN: 1460373X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192512107070405     Document Type: Review

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