The political consequences of social movements

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 36, Issue , 2010, Pages 287-307

  Amenta, Edwin ^a   Caren, Neal ^b   Chiarello, Elizabeth ^a   Su, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

case studies; collective benefits; influence; political mediation; states

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955627636     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-070308-120029     Document Type: Article

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