Ecological threat and the founding of U.S. national environmental movement organizations, 1962-1998

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 305-329

  Johnson, Erik W ^a   Frickel, Scott ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological threat; Environmental degradation; Environmental movements; Organizations; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960575340     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.3.305     Document Type: Article

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