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‘Sometimes I wish I was an “ex” ex-prisoner’: identity processes in the collective action participation of former prisoners in Northern Ireland

Pages 425-444 | Received 02 Nov 2012, Accepted 12 Feb 2013, Published online: 15 Nov 2013

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