Collaborative Frame Construction in Social Movement Campaigns: Bisphenol-A (BPA) and Scientist-Activist Mobilization

Social Movement Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 429-447

  Lubitow, Amy ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; environmental health movement; expert activism; Framing; social movement campaign

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886088205     PISSN: 14742837     EISSN: 14742829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2013.807234     Document Type: Article

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