The founding of environmental justice organizations across U.S. counties during the 1990s and 2000s: Civil rights and environmental cross-movement effects

Social Problems

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 330-360

  Stretesky, Paul B ^a   Huss, Sheila ^a   Lynch, Michael J ^b   Zahran, Sammy ^c   Childs, Bob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Environmental movements; Organization formation; Organizational ecology; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960591504     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2011.58.3.330     Document Type: Article

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