Collective Identity and Memory: A Comparative Analysis of Community Response to Environmental Hazards

Rural Sociology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 314-339

  Messer, Chris M ^a   Shriver, Thomas E ^b   Adams, Alison E ^c  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARD; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION;

COLORADO; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940702937     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ruso.12069     Document Type: Article

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