Beyond the Iron Law: Rethinking the Place of Organizations in Social Movement Research

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 155-170

  Clemens, Elisabeth S ^a   Minkoff, Debra C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective behavior; Culture; Organizational identity; Organizations; Social movement research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889443281     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999103.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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