With Arms Wide Shut: Threat Perception, Norm Reception, and Mobilized Resistance to LGBT Rights

Journal of Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-362

  Ayoub, Phillip M ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84922809370     PISSN: 14754835     EISSN: 14754843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14754835.2014.919213     Document Type: Article

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