'Bringing coals to Newcastle'? human rights, civil rights and social movements in New York city

Global Networks

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-528

  Rosen, Mihaela Şerban ^a   Yoon, Diana H ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Human rights; Law; New York City; Social movements; Women's rights

Indexed keywords

CIVIL RIGHTS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENTS; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

CIVIL RIGHTS; LEGAL SYSTEM; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; VIOLENCE; WOMENS STATUS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69249124509     PISSN: 14702266     EISSN: 14710374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0374.2009.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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