Reconsidering the concept of discourse for the field of critical geopolitics: Towards discourse as language and practice

Political Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 322-338

  Müller, Martin ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical geopolitics; Discourse; Identity; Poststructuralism; Practice; Subject

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GEOPOLITICS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 41849121547     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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