States, subjects and sovereign power: Lessons from global gun cultures

Theoretical Criminology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 335-353

  Carlson, Jennifer d ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foucault; guns; police and policing; responsibilization; self defense

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907076351     PISSN: 13624806     EISSN: 14617439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362480613508424     Document Type: Article

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