Intertextual relations: The geopolitics of land rights in Thailand

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 775-803

  Larsson, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Extraterritoriality; Jurisdiction; Land tenure; Property rights; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

COLONIALISM; GEOPOLITICS; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; LAND RIGHTS; LAND TENURE; MODERNIZATION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 34548837483     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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