A system in chaos? knowledge and sense-making on immigration policy in public debates

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 885-904

  Balch, Alex ^a   Balabanova, Ekaterina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

immigration policy; knowledge; narrative and complexity; news media; sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052469526     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: 14603675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0163443711411007     Document Type: Article

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