Governmentality, territory and the U.S. census: The 2004 Overseas Enumeration Test

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 239-247

  Starkweather, Sarah ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Census; Citizenship; Expatriates; Governmentality; Territory; United States

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; CENSUS; CITIZENSHIP; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GOVERNMENT; NATIONAL IDENTITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; TERRITORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 69349092304     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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