Ambivalence and Control: State Action Against the Civil Rights-Era Ku Klux Klan

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 355-377

  Cunningham, David ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambivalence; Repression mobilization nexus; State repression

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949262401     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11133-009-9137-1     Document Type: Article

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