Documenting undocumented migrants: The Matrículas Consulares as neoliberal local membership

Geopolitics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 299-319

  Varsanyi, Monica W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FEDERAL SYSTEM; FOREIGN POLICY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; NATION STATE; NEOLIBERALISM;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43249137007     PISSN: 14650045     EISSN: 15573028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14650040601169014     Document Type: Article

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