Frames and Narratives as Tools for Recruiting and Sustaining Group Members: The Soulforce Equality Ride as a Social Movement Organization

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 454-476

  Powell, Rachel ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053415443     PISSN: 00380245     EISSN: 1475682X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.2011.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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