Securitizing America: Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Protest Since the 11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks

Sociology Compass

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 636-652

  Gillham, Patrick F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 79959915355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17519020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00394.x     Document Type: Article

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