Politics of Exception: Criminalizing Activism in Western European Democracies

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Politics of Exception : Criminalizing Activism in Western European Democracies. / Kretschmann, Andrea; Fritsch, Katharina.

Criminalization of Activism: Historical, Present and Future Perspectives. ed. / Valeria Vegh Weis. London : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. p. 19-29.

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Harvard

Kretschmann, A & Fritsch, K 2021, Politics of Exception: Criminalizing Activism in Western European Democracies. in VV Weis (ed.), Criminalization of Activism: Historical, Present and Future Perspectives. Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London, pp. 19-29. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144229-3

APA

Kretschmann, A., & Fritsch, K. (2021). Politics of Exception: Criminalizing Activism in Western European Democracies. In V. V. Weis (Ed.), Criminalization of Activism: Historical, Present and Future Perspectives (pp. 19-29). Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144229-3

Vancouver

Kretschmann A, Fritsch K. Politics of Exception: Criminalizing Activism in Western European Democracies. In Weis VV, editor, Criminalization of Activism: Historical, Present and Future Perspectives. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 2021. p. 19-29 doi: 10.4324/9781003144229-3

Bibtex

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