Risk and the securitisation of student migration to the United States

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 470-482

  Ewers, Michael C ^a   Lewis, Joseph M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

International students; Migration; Mobility; Risk perception; Securitisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249105199     PISSN: 0040747X     EISSN: 14679663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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