Whose Backyard and What’s at Issue? Spatial and Ideological Dynamics of Local Opposition to Fracking in New York State, 2010 to 2013

American Sociological Review

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 921-948

  Dokshin, Fedor A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

environment; fracking; NIMBY; politicization; social movements

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IDEOLOGY; LAND USE CONFLICT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; POLICY REFORM; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84989252500     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122416663929     Document Type: Article

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