The globalisation of enclosure: Interrogating the geopolitics of empire

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 855-871

  Coward, Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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COLONIALISM; GEOPOLITICS; GLOBALIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 32144439925     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590500089190     Document Type: Article

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