Individualism and identity: Resistance to speed cameras in the UK

Surveillance and Society

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 259-274

  Wells, Helen ^a   Wills, David ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959599686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.24908/ss.v6i3.3284     Document Type: Article

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