Community antagonism towards asylum seekers in Port Augusta, South Australia

Australian Geographical Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-17

  Klocker, Natascha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Asylum seeker; Discourse; Perception; Representation; Social construction

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; IMMIGRATION POLICY; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PORT AUGUSTA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 12144281097     PISSN: 00049190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8470.2004.00239.x     Document Type: Article

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