Opposing movement strategies in U.S. abortion politics

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change

Volumn 28, Issue , 2008, Pages 207-238

  Meyer, David S ^a   Staggenborg, Suzanne ^a  

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EID: 45449088929     PISSN: 0163786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-786X(08)28007-9     Document Type: Review

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