The Strange Career of Strain and Breakdown Theories of Collective Action

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 47-66

  Buechler, Steven M ^a  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakdown theories; Classical theories; Collective action; Concepts of strain; Resource mobilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889309011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999103.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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