Society has been defended: Following the shifting shape of state through Australia's Christmas Island

International Political Sociology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-34

  Chambers, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 79952599593     PISSN: 17495679     EISSN: 17495687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-5687.2011.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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