Constructing social movement actorhood: Resident Koreans' activism in Japan since 1945

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-335

  Shin, Hwa Ji ^a   Tsutsui, Kiyoteru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing; Globalization; Koreans in Japan; Social movement; World society

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34547435399     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715207079533     Document Type: Article

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