Interpreting the U.S. human trafficking debate through the lens of symbolic politics

Law and Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-338

  Stolz, Barbara Ann ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 34250689511     PISSN: 02658240     EISSN: 14679930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9930.2007.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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