Dramatizing sovereignty: The construction of territorial dispute in the Israeli-Egyptian border at Taba

Political Geography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 315-344

  Kemp, A ^a   Ben Eliezer, U ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Constructivism; Neo institutionalism; Sovereignty; Status politics; Territorial dispute

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE;

EGYPT; ISRAEL;

EID: 0034114723     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(99)00078-5     Document Type: Article

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