Towards a bio-territorial conception of power: Territory, population, and environmental narratives in Palestine and Israel

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-621

  Alatout, Samer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Governmentality; Israel; Palestine; Power; State theory

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL POWER; TERRITORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; PALESTINE;

WEBERIA;

EID: 33746823768     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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