Overcoming oligarchy: Culture and agency in social movement organizations

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 622-649

  Osterman, Paul ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 34248357265     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2189/asqu.51.4.622     Document Type: Article

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