Actually existing security: The political economy of the saharan threat

Security Dialogue

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-405

  Lacher, Wolfram ^a  

^a Control Risks ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderlands; Development; Governmentality; Securitization; Terrorism

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249092638     PISSN: 09670106     EISSN: 14603640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0967010608094036     Document Type: Article

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