Water as a Commons: An Exploratory Study on the Motives for Collective Action Among Italian Water Movement Activists

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-330

  Mazzoni, Davide ^a   Cicognani, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collective action; Commons; Participation; Right to water; Sense of community

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879507124     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.2123     Document Type: Article

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