Concrete governmentality: Shelters and the transformations of preparedness

Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL1, 2014, Pages 183-210

  Deville, Joe ^a   Guggenheim, Michael ^a   Hrdličková, Zuzana ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Materiality; Nuclear war; Preparedness; Risk; Shelters

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896321916     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12129     Document Type: Article

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