Spaces of Refusal: Rethinking Sovereign Power and Resistance at the Border

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 685-699

  Jones, Reece ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

borders; power; resistance; South Asia; sovereignty

Indexed keywords

BORDER REGION; DOMINANCE; POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY; POLITICAL RELATIONS; POWER RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; TERRITORIAL DISPUTE; TERRITORIALITY;

BANGLADESH; INDIA;

EID: 84860132471     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.600193     Document Type: Article

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