Community-based protest against construction projects: The social determinants of protest movement continuity

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 216-235

  Teo, M M M ^a   Loosemore, M ^b  

^a Green Tulip   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community relations; Group dynamics; Risk assessment; Social action; Social networks; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952167547     PISSN: 17538378     EISSN: 17538386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538371011036554     Document Type: Article

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