Presentational state power: Temporal and spatial influences over asylum sector decisionmakers

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-233

  Gill, Nick ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asylum; Devolution; Discretion; Power; Space time; State

Indexed keywords

ASYLUM SEEKER; DECISION MAKING; DEVOLUTION; IMMIGRATION;

EID: 62749161467     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2009.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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