Securitisation from below: The relationship between immigration and foreign policy in South Africa's approach to the Zimbabwe crisis

Conflict, Security and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-30

  Hammerstad, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84859517386     PISSN: 14678802     EISSN: 14781174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14678802.2012.667659     Document Type: Article

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