Sovereignty and statelessness in the border enclaves of India and Bangladesh

Political Geography

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 373-381

  Jones, Reece ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; ENCLAVE; HUMAN RIGHTS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; TERRITORIALITY;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 70449106032     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2009.09.006     Document Type: Article

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