Accounting for state approaches to asylum seekers in Australia and Malaysia: The significance of "national" identity and "exclusive" citizenship in the struggle against "irregular" mobility

Identities

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-60

  Vas Dev, Sanjugta ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Comparison; Government discourses; Malaysia; Refugee policy

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; NATIONAL IDENTITY; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POPULATION MIGRATION; REFUGEE; RESETTLEMENT POLICY; STATE BUILDING;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 58149510759     PISSN: 1070289X     EISSN: 15473384     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10702890802605679     Document Type: Article

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