Negotiating white power activist stigma

Social Problems

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 89-110

  Simi, Pete ^a,c   Futrell, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c Durham Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Everyday activism; Hate group; Right wing extremism; Stigma management; White power movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349120053     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: 15338533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2009.56.1.89     Document Type: Article

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