Collective action as the material expression of opinion-based group membership

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 839-857

  McGarty, Craig ^a   Bliuc, Ana Maria ^b   Thomas, Emma F ^c   Bongiorno, Renata ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 70449633570     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01627.x     Document Type: Article

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