Determining 'truth' at the border: Immigration interviews, Chinese marital migrants, and Taiwan's sovereignty dilemmas

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-183

  Friedman, Sara L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Gender; Immigrant; Legitimacy; Practice; State

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; BUREAUCRACY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; IMMIGRATION; IMMIGRATION POLICY; NATION STATE; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY;

CHINA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77951738358     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621021003594817     Document Type: Article

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