Geopolitics and human rights: Unpacking Australia's Burma

Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-211

  McGregor, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australia; Critical geopolitics; Foreign aid; Foreign policy; Human rights; Myanmar Burma

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT AID; FOREIGN POLICY; GEOPOLITICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; WESTERN WORLD;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 23244446598     PISSN: 01297619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0129-7619.2005.00213.x     Document Type: Article

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