Immigration enforcement and the complication of national sovereignty: Understanding local enforcement as an exercise in neoliberal governance

American Quarterly

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 553-573

  Kretsedemas, Philip ^a  

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EID: 70450073483     PISSN: 00030678     EISSN: 10806490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aq.0.0031     Document Type: Review

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