Internet, citizen self-mobilisation, and social movement organisations in environmental collective action campaigns: two Hong Kong cases

Environmental Politics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 308-325

  Lee, Francis L F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

collective action; Hong Kong; Internet; resource mobilisation; social mobilisation; social movement organisations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926527008     PISSN: 09644016     EISSN: 17438934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2014.919749     Document Type: Article

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