Democratic contraction? Political consequences of felon disenfranchisement in the United States

American Sociological Review

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 777-803

  Uggen, Christopher ^a   Manza, Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DEMOCRACY; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; NATIONAL POLITICS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036929738     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088970     Document Type: Article

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