Covert social movement networks and the secrecy-efficiency trade off: The case of the UK suffragettes (1906-1914)

Social Networks

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-644

  Crossley, Nick ^a   Edwards, Gemma ^a   Harries, Ellen ^a   Stevenson, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Covert networks; Secrecy efficiency trade off; Social movements; Suffragettes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872420383     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socnet.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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