The Difficult and Hopeful Ethics of Research on, and with, Social Movements

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 133-143

  Gillan, Kevin ^a   Pickerill, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

activism; identity; knowledge production; Research ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859607225     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2012.664890     Document Type: Article

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