The UK border security continuum: Virtual biopolitics and the simulation of the sovereign ban

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1071-1083

  Vaughan Williams, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; NATIONAL SECURITY; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DELIMITATION; TERRITORIALITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650227679     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d13908     Document Type: Article

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