The good and bad of social change: Ambivalence toward activist groups

Social Justice Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-417

  Diekman, Amanda B ^a   Goodfriend, Wind ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activism; Ambivalence; Social change; Social processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449003665     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11211-007-0050-z     Document Type: Article

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