Power, quiescence, and pollution: The suppression of environmental grievances

Social Currents

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 275-292

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

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Environmental risk; Pollution; Power; Quiescence; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975193927     PISSN: 23294965     EISSN: 23294973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2329496514540133     Document Type: Article

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