The securitization of transnational labor migration: The case of Malaysia and Indonesia

Asian Politics and Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 613-630

  Arifianto, Alexander R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copenhagen School; Indonesia; Malaysia; Securitization; Transnational labor migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956253084     PISSN: 19430779     EISSN: 19430787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-0787.2009.01145.x     Document Type: Article

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