Materialising state space: 'Creeping migration' and territorial integrity in southern Kyrgyzstan

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1277-1313

  Reeves, Madeleine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIGRATION; POST-COMMUNISM; TERRITORIALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 70449428686     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: 14653427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668130903068814     Document Type: Article

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