The ground without foundation? Territory as a social construct

Geopolitics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 7-24

  Forsberg, Tuomas ^a  

^a George C Marshall European Center Security Studies   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 0037932015     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/714001038     Document Type: Article

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