Sexual citizenship in 'the New Tasmania'

Political Geography

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 964-987

  Baird, Barbara ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental politics; Law reform; Lesbian and gay relationships; Performativity; Sexual citizenship; Tasmania; The state; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS; LEGISLATION; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL REFORM; POLITICAL RELATIONS; STATE ROLE; TOURISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

EID: 33751179462     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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