Policy discourses on irregular migration in the EU-'number games' and 'political games'

European Journal of Migration and Law

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-339

  Vollmer, Bastian A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

efficient governance; irregular migration; number games; policy discourses; political games; public policy; threat and criminalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860398792     PISSN: 1388364X     EISSN: 15718166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181611X587874     Document Type: Review

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