Who is the rogue? Discourse, power and spatial politics in post-war Sri Lanka

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-297

  Korf, Benedikt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse; Ethnic conflict; Rogues; Sri Lanka; State of exception

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC CONFLICT; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POST-WAR;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33645851620     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2005.12.007     Document Type: Article

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