Legal opportunity structure and social movement strategy in Northern Ireland and southern United States

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-22

  de Fazio, Gianluca ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil Rights Movement; legal opportunities; Northern Ireland; paired comparison; social movement strategy

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CATHOLICISM; CIVIL SOCIETY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; CULTURAL RELATIONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGAL RIGHTS; MINORITY GROUP; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; STATE ROLE;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861887796     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715212439311     Document Type: Article

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