Politics of decay and spatial resistance

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-357

  Akşit, Elif Ekin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Historical space; Nation building; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GENDER; MULTICULTURALISM; POLITICS; SOCIAL HISTORY; STATE BUILDING;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77952738126     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649361003774589     Document Type: Article

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