The containment of occupy: Militarized police forces and social control in America

Global Discourse

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 267-284

  Morgan, Matthew ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Militarization; Neoliberalism; Occupy; Police; Poulantzas; Protest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978299906     PISSN: 23269995     EISSN: 20437897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23269995.2014.888618     Document Type: Article

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