Be Careful What You Wish For: The Ironic Connection Between the Civil Rights Struggle and Today's Divided America

Sociological Forum

Volumn 30, Issue S1, 2015, Pages 485-508

  Mcadam, Doug ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil rights; Inequality; Political party; Race; Social change; Social movement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930272015     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/socf.12173     Document Type: Article

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