Enduring territoriality: South African immigration control

Political Geography

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 783-801

  Vigneswaran, Darshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Historical institutionalism; International migration; South Africa; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BUREAUCRACY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; TERRITORIALITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 55649114642     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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