Border thinking: Rossport, Shell and the political geographies of a gas pipeline

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 274-282

  Gilmartin, Mary ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Border thinking; Decoloniality of knowledge; Ireland; Pipelines; Postcolonialism; Resources; Shell

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; COLONIALISM; GAS PIPELINE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; RURAL AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349973778     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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