Strengthening the weak state: Politicizing the American State's “Weakness” on Racial Violence

Du Bois Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-480

  Kato, Daniel ^a  

^a KALAMAZOO COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Federal Rights Enforcement; Lynching; Racial Violence; United States v. Guest; United States v. Price; Weak State

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011527300     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X12000306     Document Type: Article

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