Persuasion and resistance: Race and the death penalty in America

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 996-1012

  Peffley, Mark ^a   Hurwitz, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 34948827373     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2007.00293.x     Document Type: Article

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