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Recent social movement theory: Moving from the theoretical margins to main street?

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Steinberg, M.W. Recent social movement theory: Moving from the theoretical margins to main street?. Sociol Forum 7, 551–555 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01117562

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