A Long, Hard Slog: Political Opportunities, Social Networks and the Mobilization of Dissent in Non-Democracies

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 123-153

  Osa, Maryjane ^a   Schock, Kurt ^a  

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EID: 33947712213     PISSN: 0163786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-786X(06)27005-8     Document Type: Review

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