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Drawing on survey data from Germany and arguments from social choice theory, we propose to take a fresh look at the rise of social movements as exemplified by the emergence of the New Social Movements (NSM) in Germany, e.g., the peace movement or the ecological movement.
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Kern, L., Räder, HG. (1988). Public Bads and Socio-Moral Reasoning: The Case of the New Social Movements in Germany. In: Eberlein, G.L., Berghel, H. (eds) Theory and Decision. Theory and Decision Library, vol 50. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3895-3_7
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