Rally the People: Building Local-Environmental Justice Grassroots Coalitions and Enhancing Social Capital

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 174-194

  Mix, Tamara L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79953288320     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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