From overt rejection to enthusiastic embracement: Changing state discourses on Israeli emigration

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 267-278

  Cohen, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural diaspora; Discourse; Emigration; Israel; Sending states

Indexed keywords

ISRAEL; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CULTURAL DIASPORA; EMIGRATION; NATIONAL IDENTITY;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

DIASPORA; EMIGRATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34347345952     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9075-y     Document Type: Article

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