Collective action for social change: An introduction to community organizing

Collective Action for Social Change: An Introduction to Community Organizing

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-300

  Schutz, Aaron ^a   Sandy, Marie G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230118539     Document Type: Book

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