How cheap is identity talk? - A framework of identity frames and security discourse for the analysis of repression and legitimization of social movements in Mainland China

Issues and Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 47-86

  Paltemaa, Lauri ^a   Vuori, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

China; Identity; Repression; Securitization; Social protest

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846538031     PISSN: 10132511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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