Canadian refugee policy and the social construction of the refugee claimant subjectivity: Understanding refugeeness

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-166

  Lacroix, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; REFUGEE; SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242753428     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/17.2.147     Document Type: Article

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