Social Agency, Spatial Practices, and Power: The Micro-foundations of Fragmented Sovereignty in the Occupied Territories

International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-103

  Gazit, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Political power; Prolonged military occupation; Sovereignty; Spatial practices; State agents

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949084155     PISSN: 08914486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10767-009-9044-1     Document Type: Article

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