Negotiating a coercive turn: Work discipline and prison reform in Ontario

Capital & Class

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-53

  McElligott, Greg ^a  

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EID: 43249136977     PISSN: 03098168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030981680709100103     Document Type: Article

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