Civil Liberty in America: the diffusion of municipal bill of rights resolutions after the passage of the USA PATRIOT act

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1716-1764

  Vasi, Ion Bogdan ^a,b   Strang, David ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 70349336440     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597177     Document Type: Article

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