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Public Citizen

In: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice
Edited by: Gary L. Anderson & Kathryn G. Herr
Subject:Social Justice, Social Justice, Social Movements

A nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., Public Citizen is the largest of the many organizations founded by consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Dedicated to “health, safety, and democracy,” Nader started Public Citizen in 1971 as a sort of counterweight to the ...

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  Anderson, G. L., & Herr, K. G. (2007). Public citizen. In Encyclopedia of activism and social justice (Vol. 1, pp. 1180-1180). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n708
  
  Anderson, Gary L., and Kathryn G. Herr. "Public Citizen." In Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, edited by Anderson, Gary L., and Kathryn G. Herr, 1180-1180. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n708.
  
  Anderson, G. L. and Herr, K. G. 2007. Public Citizen. In: Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr Editors, 2007. Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 1180 Available at: <https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n708> [Accessed 24 May 2022].
  
  Anderson, Gary L. and Kathryn G. Herr. "Public Citizen." Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice. Edited by Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2007, pp. 1180-1180. SAGE Knowledge. 24 May 2022, doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412956215.n708.
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