Analysing partition: Definition, classification and explanation

Political Geography

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 886-908

  O'Leary, Brendan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; British empire; Cyprus; Homelands; India Pakistan; Ireland; Kurdistan Iraq; Palestine; Partition; Secession

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BORDER RELATIONS; DECOLONIZATION; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL POLITICS; POLITICAL CONFLICT; SECESSIONISM;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; EUROPE; INDIA; IRAN; IRAQ; IRELAND; KORDESTAN; MIDDLE EAST; PAKISTAN; PALESTINE; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 36649017427     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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