Destabilizing the identity-territory nexus: Rights-based discourse in Sri Lanka's new political geography

GeoJournal

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Kleinfeld, Margo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

Author keywords

Armed conflict; Child soldiers; Human rights; Sovereignty; Sri Lanka; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MILITARY OPERATIONS;

ARMED CONFLICT; CHILD SOLDIERS; HUMAN RIGHTS; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRORISM;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

ETHNICITY; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; TERRITORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33747820229     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-005-5806-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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