Political Context and Opportunity

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 67-90

  Kriesi, Hanspeter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Configurations of actors; Political context; Political opportunities; Political process framework; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889266780     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999103.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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