When do opportunities become trade-offs for social movement organizations? Assessing media impact in the global human rights movement

Canadian Journal of Sociology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1087-1114

  Rodgers, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human rights; Media; Social movement organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649176501     PISSN: 03186431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29173/cjs1697     Document Type: Article

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