Constructions of Australia in pro- and anti-asylum seeker political discourse

Nations and Nationalism

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 562-580

  Every, Danielle ^a   Augoustinos, Martha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asylum seekers; Australia; Civic nationalism; Critical discourse analysis; Ethnic nationalism; Political discourse

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; ETHNICITY; NATIONALISM; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY; REFUGEE; TYPOLOGY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 47649128922     PISSN: 13545078     EISSN: 14698129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2008.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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