Where and when is home? The double displacement of Georgian IDPs from Abkhazia

Journal of Refugee Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-336

  Kabachnik, Peter ^a   Regulska, Joanna ^b   Mitchneck, Beth ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abkhazia; Displacement; Georgia; Home; IDPs; Place

Indexed keywords

REFUGEE; SENSE OF PLACE; SOCIAL STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ABKHAZIA; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77956305710     PISSN: 09516328     EISSN: 14716925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feq023     Document Type: Article

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