A Kafkaesque state: Deportation and detention in South Africa

Citizenship Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 627-642

  Sutton, Rebecca ^a   Vigneswaran, Darshan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Deportation; Immigration policy; Kafka; South Africa; State power

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; IMMIGRATION POLICY; POLITICS; STATE ROLE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80051955284     PISSN: 13621025     EISSN: 14693593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13621025.2011.583794     Document Type: Article

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