Governments-in-exile: Statehood, statelessness and the reconfiguration of territory and sovereignty

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1902-1919

  McConnell, Fiona ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOPOLITICS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORY;

CHINA; XIZANG;

EID: 78049377370     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2009.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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