Cuts, tweets, solidarity and mobilisation: How the internet shaped the student occupations

Parliamentary Affairs

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 162-194

  Theocharis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84555188698     PISSN: 00312290     EISSN: 14602482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pa/gsr049     Document Type: Article

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