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Locating impropriety: street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space.

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Locating impropriety: street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space. / Dixon, John A.; Levine, Mark; McAuley, Rob.
In: Political Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 2, 30.04.2006, p. 187-206.

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Dixon, JA, Levine, M & McAuley, R 2006, 'Locating impropriety: street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space.', Political Psychology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00002.x

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Dixon, J. A., Levine, M., & McAuley, R. (2006). Locating impropriety: street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space. Political Psychology, 27(2), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00002.x

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Dixon JA, Levine M, McAuley R. Locating impropriety: street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space. Political Psychology. 2006 Apr 30;27(2):187-206. Epub 2006 Mar 23. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00002.x

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Dixon, John A. ; Levine, Mark ; McAuley, Rob. / Locating impropriety : street drinking, moral order and the ideological dilemma of public space. In: Political Psychology. 2006 ; Vol. 27, No. 2. pp. 187-206.

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